Yes, I realize it’s now July, but since we should be sharing LGBTQIA+ representation throughout the year in our read alouds, I’m posting this list now so you can continue to read with pride!
Data from The Trevor Project.
If you’d like to hear more about using these books in the classroom, join me for my Pride & Less Prejudice virtual workshop on 7/26!
| Incorporating Pride & Less Prejudice Books into the ClassroomWednesday, July 26, 2023 at 8:00PM-9:30PM ET | Online (Zoom) |
| During a time when book choices are being questioned and challenged and banned, it is more important than ever to ensure that our read aloud selections are authentic, accurate, current, inclusive, and supportive.Children deserve to be seen, recognized, and loved for their full humanity, and kids and families of all identities deserve to have their lived experiences affirmed on the pages of the books that we feature in our classrooms/libraries as we help young people develop into empathetic members of a global society.Using books and resources from Pride & Less Prejudice can help us meet these needs for our students and communities. Join Jillian Heise for a sneak peek of the new PLP titles for the 2023-24 school year. Titles, book talks, uses, and thematic sets will be shared.Learn about the #ClassroomBookADay initiative and ways you can incorporate these titles into your read alouds along with the policies & language that can help support educators in using diverse books in their classrooms. |
#SayGay #ProtectTransKids #ReadWithPride
See my 2022 list of 33 Picture Books to Share in Celebration of Pride Month.
Also visit my post with info on supporting LGBTQIA+ representation in the classroom (includes video booktalk & 20 title booklist).
Be sure to read my Q&A interview with the authors of And Tango Makes Three!
More Books for Reading with PRIDE (ALL Year Long)
2023 List
Shop this list from my bookshop page to support independent bookstores + my work!
My Moms Love Me
Bodies Are Cool
Some Bodies
True You: A Gender Journey
If You’re a Kid Like Gavin: The True Story of a Young Trans Activist
A Case of the Zaps
A Costume for Charly
Niki Nakayama: A Chef’s Tale in 13 Bites
Strong
Sam Is My Sister
Born Ready
Adventures with My Daddies
Dad and Daddy’s Big Big Family
A Home Again
I Want to Be a Vase
Not Yet a Yeti
Miss Rita, Mystery Reader
The Good Hair Day
The Spectacular Suit
What Are You? (While the summary doesn’t say this is LGBT representation, it can certainly be read that way also!)
The Mother of a Movement
The Pronoun Book
Me and My Dysphoria Monster
Door by Door: How Sarah McBride Became America’s First Openly Transgender Senator
Love Without Bounds
Patience Patches
The Wishing Flower
Kapaemahu
Payden’s Pronoun Party
2022 List
I’m Not a Girl
Love, Violet
Papa, Daddy, and Riley
Sharice’s Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman
When Aidan Became a Brother
This Day in June
Calvin
Pride Puppy!
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Hold That Thought!
My Maddy
’Twas the Night Before Pride
Tuesday is Daddy’s Day
A Plan for Pops
This Little Rainbow: A Love is Love Primer
Over the Shop (a wordless book)
Worm Loves Worm
Being You: A First Conversation about Gender
Jacob’s Room to Choose
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding (2020 updated version)
Ritu Weds Chandni
Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt
And Tango Makes Three
The Rainbow Parade
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
Two Grooms On a Cake: The Story of America’s First Gay Wedding
Call Me Max
My Rainbow
Grandad’s Camper
Pride Colors
My Sister Daisy
What Are Your Words?
Prince & Knight
I hope you do all you possibly can to stand up for the kids & families who deserve to see their identities / family structures represented in our schools, and for all of those who need to see it to understand the diversity in our society and world. Happy Pride!
