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 "Ellen outside the lines"
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"Ellen, an autistic thirteen-year-old, navigates a new city, shifting friendships, a growing crush, and her queer and Jewish identities while on a class trip to Barcelona, Spain."--
Book cover for "Ellie Engle saves herself"
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Ellie Engle volume 1.
Average Rating:
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 "Every bird a prince"
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3 stars
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After she saves the life of a bird prince and becomes their champion, seventh grader Eren Evers must defend a forest kingdom, save her mom, and keep the friendships she holds dear--if she is brave enough to embrace her inner truths.
Book cover for "Everywhere babies"
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4.3 stars
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Describes babies and the things they do from the time they are born until their first birthday.
Book cover for "The fairest in the land"
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3 stars
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When Annabelle and Benjamin play dress-up they both want to be the bride, the ballerina, and the princess which causes a problem until the two friends realize they can both be whoever they want to be.
Book cover for "Families belong"
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4 stars
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"An appreciation of the unconditional love and comfort shared within a family"--
Book cover for "Families can"
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5 stars
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This board book is for families: families who cook together and families who sing together, families with lots of members and families with a special few, families who live together and families who live separately--for all families. Celebrate the differences that make each family unique and the similarities and love that connect us all together.
Book cover for "Families, families, families!"
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3 stars
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"A host of animals portrays all kinds of non-traditional families"--
Book cover for "Families grow"
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3 stars
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Rhyming text shows an appreciation of the joy and excitement of the different ways a family can grow.
Book cover for "The family book"
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4 stars
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Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
Book cover for "A family is a family is a family"
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5 stars
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After their teacher asks them what is special about their families, a class full of students each give an answer, but one student is worried that her family isn't that special at all.
Book cover for "Finn's little fibs"
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4.5 stars
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After Finn tells his grandmother a fib, his lies continue to build up which makes Finn feel horrible until he builds up the courage to come clean.
Book cover for "Flor fights back"
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3 stars
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In 1969, when thirteen-year-old transgender runaway Flor and her new trans friend Tami try to make their way into the queer and trans community of New York City, they find themselves at the Stonewall Inn on a night that leads to a police raid and violence.
Book cover for "Frankie & Bug"
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Average Rating:
5 stars
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In the summer of 1987 in Venice, California, ten-year-old Bug and her new friend Frankie learn important lessons about life, family, being your true self, and how to navigate in a world that is not always just or fair.
Book cover for "Fred gets dressed"
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3.1 stars
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After having fun running around the house naked and wild, young Fred decides to get dressed--in his parents' closet--with surprising results.
Book cover for "From Archie to Zack"
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2.5 stars
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Archie and Zack are inseparable, both in elementary school and outside it, but Archie is having trouble telling Zack about his love, so he writes a letter, from A. to Z.; in fact he writes a lot of letters, but they do not sound right so he hides them--and though his other friends, Zelda, Zinnia, and Zuzella, find the letters, they all understand who the letters are really for.
Book cover for "G my name is girl"
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5 stars
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Illustrations and rhythmic text celebrate girls around the world and what makes each an individual, from adventurous Argentinians Alba and Ayelén, to zealous Zambians Zahra and Zena.
Book cover for "Garlic & the vampire"
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Series:
Garlic volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.6 stars
Description:
"Garlic feels as though she's always doing something wrong. At least with her friend Carrot by her side and the kindly Witch Agnes encouraging her, Garlic is happy to just tend her garden, where it's nice and safe. But when her village of vegetable folk learns that a bloodthirsty vampire has moved into the nearby castle, they all agree that, in spite of her fear and self-doubt, Garlic is the obvious choice to confront him"--Publisher marketing
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"Twelve-year-old Henna loves living with her two papas and cultivating her beloved plants on the tiny island of Earth's End--until Papa Niall grows seriously ill. Now Henna is determined to find a legendary, long-extinct plant with miraculous healing powers, even though the search means journeying all the way to St. Basil's Conservatory, a botanical boarding school rumored to house seeds of every plant ever grown. At St. Basil's, Henna is surrounded...