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 "Cross my heart and never lie"
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Series:
Cross my heart volume 1.
Description:
Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to...
Book cover for "The deepest breath"
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Struggling with her feelings for a female classmate, an eleven-year-old Irish girl tries to confide in her mother, the person she trusts most in the world.
Book cover for "A home for goddesses and dogs"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
After the death of her mother, Lydia moves in with her aunts and learns to find a new family of inspiring women and loving dogs.
Book cover for "Hurricane Child"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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Born on Water Island in the Virgin Islands during a hurricane-- which is considered bad luck--twelve-year-old Caroline falls in love with another girl and together they set out in a hurricane to find Caroline's missing mother.
Book cover for "In our mothers' house"
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Three young children experience the joys and challenges of being raised by two mothers.
Book cover for "In the key of us"
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While twelve-year-old Andi has suffered from anxiety attacks ever since her mother died ten months ago, Zora starting hurting herself whenever she feels out of control; they are both at Camp Harmony, an elite summer music camp, trying to deal with their problems and also the stress of competition--but as the summer passes they find themselves increasingly drawn to each other, and maybe not just as friends.
Book cover for "The incredible magic of being"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Nine-year-old Julian almost died when he was born, and he believes that he has a special connection to the universe because of that. He wants to make his two moms and his sister (who turned into a black hole of discontentment when she turned fourteen) happy because he's convinced that soon he'll die and travel to the dog star--but now they've moved to Maine and he resolves to also use his "uni-sense" ability to help Mr. X, their neighbor, who's in...
Book cover for "Ivy Aberdeen's letter to the world"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twelve-year-old Ivy Aberdeen's house is destroyed in a tornado, and in the aftermath of the storm, she begins to develop feelings for another girl at school.
Book cover for "Juniper Harvey and the vanishing kingdom"
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Eleven-year-old Juniper Harvey is having trouble coping in her new Florida town, but when the girl from her recurring fantasy dream appears in her room they have to figure out how to save Galatea's world from a war of rival gods--and deal with their mutual attraction.
Book cover for "Maiden & princess"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
When a maiden reluctantly attends a ball for her friend, the prince, everyone considers her his perfect match until she surprises them--and herself--by finding true love with someone else.
Book cover for "One true way"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
From the moment she met Samantha, star of the school basketball team, on her first day at Daniel Boone Middle School, Allison Drake felt she had found a friend, something she needs badly since her brother died and her father left--but as their friendship grows it begins to evolve into a deeper emotion, and in North Carolina in 1977, it's not easy to discover that you might be gay.
Book cover for "The rainbow parade"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A girl recounts her first time marching with her two moms at a Pride Parade.
Book cover for "Ritu weds Chandni"
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"This vibrant picture book sets the story of a same-sex couple struggling to gain acceptance against the colorful backdrop of an Indian wedding. Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu's wedding. She can't wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy that Ritu is marrying her girlfriend Chandni. Some have even vowed to stop the celebrations. Will Ayesha be able to save her cousin's big day? Centering Ayesha's love for her cousin...
Book cover for "The year my life went down the toilet"
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Description:
Twelve-year-old Al, short for Alison, navigates an overprotective mother, growing apart from her best friend, and her first girl crush, all while her recent Crohn's diagnosis puts a knot in her stomach.