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 "Best friend next door"
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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 "Ellie Engle saves herself"
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Ellie Engle volume 1.
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5 stars
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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 "Emma and the love spell"
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lesbian mc
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"Twelve-year-old Korean American Emma uses her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend's parents together so they do not move away."--
Book cover for "A high five for Glenn Burke"
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5 stars
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After researching Glenn Burke, the first major league baseball player to come out as gay, sixth-grader Silas Wade slowly comes out to his best friend Zoey, then his coach, with unexpected consequences.
Book cover for "Kenzie kickstarts a team"
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5 stars
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Fifth-grade best friends Kenzie "Kenzilla" and Shelly "Bombshell" dream of becoming roller derby superstars one day, but when a junior league forms and they must recruit teammates, will their friendship survive?
Book cover for "Martin McLean, middle school queen"
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Seventh-grader Martin McLean has trouble expressing himself except at Mathletes competitions and, now, as a female impersonator, but his first-ever drag show falls on the same night as an important Mathletes tournament.
Book cover for "Payden's pronoun party"
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"Payden has always used he/him pronouns, until one day Payden realizes those words might not fit. Payden's parents promise to throw a big party to introduce whatever pronouns Payden chooses--but which pronouns are the best match? On a colorful quest, Payden talks to friends about a rainbow of possibilities: he, she, they, ze, and so many more! The right pronouns are just waiting to be tried on. Put on your party hats and learn about the magical variety...
Book cover for "Séance tea party"
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4.8 stars
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After watching her circle of friends seemingly fade away, Lora's determined to still have fun on her own, so when a tea party leads her to discovering Alexa, the ghost that haunts her house, they soon become best friends.
Book cover for "Too bright to see"
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5 stars
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In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity.