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Nina LaCour
A little girl stays home with Mama when Mummy goes off on a work trip in this tender, inviting story that will resonate with every child who has missed a…
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Sophie Beer
Sophie Beer celebrates gender expression in all forms in You're Fabulous As You Are: whether it's wearing sparkly tutus or stomping around in big black boots, to having messy fun…
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Dan Saks, Brooke Smart
A rhyming, light-hearted celebration of the wonderful differences that make each family unique.
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Jessica Love
The star of Julian Is a Mermaid makes a joyful return–and finds a new friend–at a wedding to be remembered.
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Kat Patrick
A buoyant and heartwarming celebration of individuality, identity, and finding the clothes that fit.
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Davina Bell
A beautiful tale celebrating the invisible, protective, omnipresent love love between parents and children.
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Whether you have two mums, two dads, one parent, or one of each, there’s one thing that makes a family a family… and that’s love. A book for EVERY family…
A. J. Sass
Rain Reign meets Ivy Aberdeen in this heartfelt novel about a neurodivergent girl navigating changing friendships, a school trip, and expanding horizons.
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Kyle Lukoff
A haunting ghost story about navigating grief, growing up, and growing into a new gender identity.
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Robin Stevenson, Julie McLaughlin
A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family that has lost its dog at a Pride parade.
Scott Stuart
A heartwarming and inspiring book about being true to yourself, by best-selling children’s book creator Scott Stuart. This story considers gender beyond binary in a vibrant spectrum of colour.
Daniel Gray-Barnett
March through the rainbow in this glorious celebration of pride!
Lin Thompson
A heart-warming adventure starring a non-binary six-grader and written by a debut non-binary author on the rise
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A joy-filled cheer of appreciation for loud, trouble-making, outrageous kids.
Katerina Cruickshanks is a wild child, a trickster, and a ringleader. But when they wreak some serious chaos, their friends…
Alyssa Zaczek
Join Martin McLean as he struggles to find his voice - and his inner diva - and navigates friendship, family, first crushes and a whole lot of glitter.
A glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.
Rachel Greener, Clare Owen
In this honest, accessible illustrated guide to how babies are made, young readers can find out exactly what is needed to grow a baby, from introducing the basic building blocks…
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Jessica Walton
Errol and his teddy, Thomas, are best friends who do everything together. Whether it’s riding a bike, playing in the tree house, having a tea party or all of the…
Desmond Napoles
This uplifting illustrated nonfiction picture book from twelve year-old social justice advocate Desmond is Amazing is an introduction to the history of the fight for LGBTQ rights, as well as…
Michael Joosten
Families with same-sex parents are celebrated in this board book that follows busy moms and their kids throughout their day–eating breakfast, going on a playdate, heading to the pool for…
Isaac Webster,Lauren May,Ryan Brockington
A heartwarming and affirming picture book about different kinds of families – including families with two dads!
Abbey Williams
An ABC of Families introduces children to the wonderful diversity of family life, using bright, engaging illustrations to explain how every family is unique in its own way.
Michelle Finch,Phoenix Finch
Phoenix wants to wear her favourite purple dress to express her gender, but she is scared of being bullied on her first day of school. Follow Phoenix’s journey as she…
Michael Hall
This is a story about a crayon I know.I wrote it for you.
My Shadow is Pink is a beautifully written rhyming story that touches on the subjects of gender identity, self acceptance, equality and diversity.
Lil Miss Hot Mess
Playing off ‘The Wheels on the Bus,’ this dazzling nursery rhyme book covers all the ways drag queens ‘work it,’ by one of the drag queens from the nationally acclaimed…
Peter Brown
An exuberant new picture book from NYT bestselling author/illustrator Peter Brown, inspired by his own childhood.
Seamus Kirst
Riley is Papa’s princess and Daddy’s dragon. She loves her two fathers! When Riley’s classmate asks her which dad is her real one, Riley is confused. She doesn’t want to…
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When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn’t seem to fit.
Max lets her know the name he wants to…
Leslea Newman, Carol Thompson
Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its mommies. From hide-and-seek to dress-up, then bath time and a kiss goodnight, theres no limit…
Sara O'Leary
When a teacher asks the children in her class to think about what makes their families special, the answers are all different in many ways–but the same in the one…
Brook Pessin-Whedbee
This book introduces children to gender as a spectrum and shows how people can bend and break the gender binary and stereotypes. It includes an interactive wheel, clearly showing the…
Todd Parr
Todd Parr’s beloved classic celebrating all kinds of families, with 280k net copies sold – now a board book!
From New York Times bestselling author-illustrator, Todd Parr, comes a delightful picture book that celebrates the diversity of families - now for the first time in paperback!
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
An inspiring story about affirming a sibling’s gender identity.
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Ellie Royce, Andrew McLean
Who’s in your family? Frizzle and Me is the gently humorous story of a growing rainbow family. It’s a big deal when your family changes, but with plenty of love…
Alex Gino
Profound, moving, and - as Charlotte would say - radiant, this book will stay with anyone lucky enough to find it. – Publishers Weekly, starred review for GEORGE As they…
Aliza Layne
Twelve-year-old goblin and witch-in-training Beetle enlists her former best friend, Kat Hollowbones, to help stop Kat’s sorceress aunt from demolishing the mall where Beetle’s friend Blob Ghost is trapped.
Cory Silverberg
. ..a twenty-first century children’s picture book about conception, gestation, and birth, which reflects the reality of our modern time by being inclusive of all kinds of kids, adults, and…
Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell
At New York City’s Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
Jessie Sima
From the author and illustrator of the bestselling Not Quite Narwhal comes a sweet and funny story about remembering where you belong, no matter how far you roam, or what…
Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Part of the bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, Billie Jean King tells the story of this inspiring tennis player and activist.
Arabelle Sicardi
A beautiful, bold book of biographies celebrating the achievements of LGBT people through history and from around the world.
Rebecca Stead
A sensitive and heart-warming middle grade novel exploring themes of love, change and forgiving your own mistakes, from award-winning children’s author Rebecca Stead.
Bernadette Green, Anna Zobel
A beautifully illustrated story, written with a light and humorous touch, that celebrates nontraditional families and captures exactly what lies at the heart of family life - love.
Dana Alison Levy
Relates the adventures of a family with two fathers, four adopted boys, and a variety of pets as they make their way through a school year, Kindergarten through sixth grade…
Brian Selznick,Brian Selznick
Told in two stand-alone stories, the first nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, and the second in text.
Sarah Winifred Searle
In Chicago 1996, thirteen-year-old Harriet Flores, struggling with boredom, loneliness, and a chronic illness, lets her imagination run wild–with mixed results–and learns about the power of storytelling.
