LGBTQ+ Pride

Resources for Talking to Children About Pride

Picture Books

• Be Amazing: A History of Pride by Desmond Napoles and Dylan Glynn

• The Big Book of Pride Flags by Jem Milton

• Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall

• It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn and Noah Grigni

• Kind Like Marsha: Learning from LGBTQ+ Leaders by Sarah Prager and Cheryl “Ras” Thuesday

• Me and My Dysphoria Monster by Laura Kate Dale and Hui Qing Ang

• The Meaning of Pride by Rosiee Thor and Sam Kirk

• Stonewall: A Building, An Uprising, A Revolution by Rob Sanders and Jamey Christoph

• This Day in June by Gayle E. Pitman and Kristyna Litten

• What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier

• Love Makes A Family by Sophie Beer

Middle Grade

• A Child’s Introduction to Pride by Sarah Prager

• You Be You!: The Kid’s Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Branfman

• A Quick And Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni

• Evelyn Hooker and the Fairy Project by Gayle E. Pitman and Sarah Green

• From Prejudice to Pride by Amy Lame

• Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride, and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights by Jamie Lawson and Eve Lloyd Knight

• Queer Heroes by Arabelle Sicardi and Sarah Tanat-Jones

• The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman

• Rainbow Revolutionaries: 50 LGBTQ+ People Who Made History by Sarah Prager and Sarah Papworth
  

Young Adults

• The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ash Mardell

• Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

• This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

• A Queer History of the United States for Young People by Michael Bronski and Richie Chevat

• Here and Queer: A Queer Girl’s Guide to Life by Rowan Ellis and Jacky Sheridan

• A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities by Mady G. and Jules Zuckerberg

• Trans Teen Survival Guide by Owl and Fox Fisher

• No Way, They Were Gay? By Lee Wind

• Queer: The Ultimate LGBTQ Guide for Teens by Kathy Beige and Marke Bieschke

Parents and Caregivers

• The Gender Creative Child: Pathways for Nurturing and Supporting Children Who Live Outside Gender Boxes by Diane Ehrensaft

• Unconditional: A Guide to Loving and Supporting Your LGBTQ Child by Telaina Eriksen

• Trans Kids and Teens: Pride, Joy, and Families in Transition by Elijah C. Nealy