LGBTQ Children's Books (Baby to Middle Grade)

Juvenile / Middle Grade / School Age / Young Reader books featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or trans, queer, questioning, asexual, nonbinary, genderfluid, genderqueer, pansexual, two spirit, demisexual, or other romantic and sexual orientations and gender identities. Not exhaustive or complete.

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Book cover for "ABC pride"
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5 stars
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ABC Pride introduces little readers to the alphabet through the colorful world of Pride. Children can discover letters and words while also learning more about the LGBTQIA+ community and how to be inclusive.
Book cover for "All are welcome"
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4.1 stars
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text introduce a school where diversity is celebrated and songs, stories, and talents are shared.
Book cover for "Ana on the edge"
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4 stars
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"Twelve-year-old figure skater Ana strives to win competitions while learning about gender identity--Ana's own and that of a new friend--and how to navigate the best path forward"--
Book cover for "The apartment house on Poppy Hill"
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5 stars
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Nine-year-old Ella considers herself the official greeter, tour guide, and is generally in charge of 1106 Wildflower Place, but the elusive Robinsons who live on the top floor are a mystery--one which Ella is determined to solve, and bring the elderly couple into the community of the apartment building on Poppy Hill.
Book cover for "Aquicorn Cove"
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4.4 stars
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When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a big storm, Lana remembers how much she's missed the ocean--and the strong, reassuring presence of her aunt. As Lana explores the familiar beach, she discovers something incredible: a colony of Aquicorns, small magical seahorse-like creatures that live in the coral reef. Lana rescues an injured Aquicorn and cares for it with the help of her aunt, who may know more...
Book cover for "Asking for Trouble"
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4 stars
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"Trouble, an adorable but dangerous shape-shifter, must travel the galaxy on a rescue mission with their best friend Electra and a troublesome baby shapeshifter."--
Book cover for "Best friend next door"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Two girls who share a birthday and palindromic names struggle with respective parental challenges and loneliness while gradually overcoming their differences to become close friends.
Book cover for "Bobby and the big valentine"
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5 stars
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Bobby decides to make Eddie, his favorite person, a valentine as big as his feelings for him, but on Bobby's way to deliver the card, he begins to worry that Eddie might not feel the same way.
Book cover for "Brown girl dreaming"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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In vivid poems that reflect the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, an award-winning author shares what it was like to grow up in the 1960s and 1970s in both the North and the South. Writer Jacqueline Woodson tells the story of her childhood in free verse.

10. Buzzing

Book cover for "Buzzing"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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"Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth"--
Book cover for "Bye bye, binary"
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5 stars
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"Our little bundle of joy has arrived--to dismantle gender norms! A board book about gender expression and being true to oneself"--
Book cover for "Captain Underpants and the sensational saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot"
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Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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George and Harold, and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have a good thing going. Two of them go to school, while the other two hide in the tree house and play video games all day-then they switch! But when their malicious gym teacher, Mr Meaner, creates a method of mind control that turns their fellow students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, the future of all humanity will be in their hands!
Book cover for "Cattywampus"
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4 stars
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Magic is strictly forbidden in the McGill house, but Delpha McGill has found the family book of spells and plans to use it to make things a little easier for herself and her mother; Katybird Hearn comes from a rival family of witches, but her magic has been slow to emerge and she thinks a spell book is just what she needs to help things along--and when a quarrel between the two unleashes a graveyard full of angry zombies the two girls must work together...
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Battle dragons volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
To protect his friends and family, Abel must figure out what is worth fighting for when he partners with a stolen dragon, an action that has him riding in kin battles and keeping more secrets than a dragon has scales.
Book cover for "Daddy and me"
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4 stars
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"Whether you love to cook with your papa, read with your dada, go to the park with your bába, or stargaze with your appa, everything is better with daddy. This adorable board book celebrates dads and all the wonderful ways they make our lives special."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Different kinds of fruit"
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4 stars
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"When Annabelle learns that her father shares something big--and surprising--in common with her new nonbinary friend, she begins to see herself, and her family, in a whole new light"--
Book cover for "Drawing on walls"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went.. "Truly devoted to the idea of public art, Haring created murals wherever he went."--Provided by publisher.
Book cover for "Dungeon critters"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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A middle-grade graphic novel about a gang of adorable animal friends on a D&D style dungeon crawl.
Book cover for "Ellie Engle saves herself"
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Ellie Engle volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
As twelve-year-old Ellie Engle navigates seventh grade and her changing relationship with her best friend, a freak accident occurs and gives Ellie the ability to bring things back to life through touch.
Book cover for "Everywhere babies"
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Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
Describes babies and the things they do from the time they are born until their first birthday.