Lists and Suggestions for Kids

List: Celebrate Pride with Picture Books

Beer, Sophie, author, illustrator.

Whether you have one parent, two moms, two dads, a mom and a dad, or another wonderful caregiver, t...

Newman, Lesléa.

Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its daddi...

Newman, Lesléa.

A baby enjoys a number of fun activities with her two mothers. ...

Stevenson, Robin, 1968- author.

In this photographic concept book, babies and toddlers are introduced to the PRIDE flag and the mea...

Austrian, J. J., author.

Two worms in love decide to get married, and with help from Cricket, Beetle, Spider, and the Bees t...

Baldacchino, Christine, 1977- author.

A young boy faces adversity from classmates when he wears an orange dress at school. ...

Ewert, Marcus.

Bailey longs to wear the beautiful dresses of her dreams but is ridiculed by her unsympathetic fami...

Gale, Heather

An empowering celebration of identity, acceptance and Hawaiian culture based on the true story of a ...

Genhart, Michael, author.

Children from different kinds of families demonstrate the original meanings of the colors in the ra...

Haack, Daniel, author.

A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a...

Herthel, Jessica, author.

Presents the story of a transgender child who traces her early awareness that she is a girl in spit...

Hoffman, Sarah, author.

After kindergarteners Jacob and Sophie are prevented from using their school's bathrooms, thei...

Love, Jessica, author, illustrator.

While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spe...

Lukoff, Kyle, author.

"When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. S...

Lukoff, Kyle, author.

Aidan, a transgender boy, experiences complicated emotions as he and his parents prepare for the ar...

Manushkin, Fran, author.

Illustrations and gently rhyming text follow two mothers and their toddler on a sunny day. ...

Newman, Lesléa, author.

When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, b...

Pitman, Gayle E., author.

A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The end matter serves as a primer on LGBT history and c...

Richardson, Justin, 1963-

At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taki...

Schiffer, Miriam B., author.

Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day. ...

Sima, Jessie, author, illustrator.

While shopping with her two dads for supplies for her birthday party, Harriet, who is wearing a pen...

Shraya, Vivek, 1981- author.

A playful story...about a young boy's fascination with the dot on his mother's forehead. ...

Smith, Heather, 1968- author.

In this illustrated picture book, a child helps their grandparents deal with a difficult change in a...

Snape, Emily, author.

New father Old MacDonald spends a day caring for his baby, with a little help from the farm animals...

Stansbie, Stephanie, author.

Young Jamie reflects on his many friends and their diverse but equally loving families, from Kate&#...

Andrés, José Carlos, 1969-

A boy is proud that his father is a clown, since making people laugh is a very important job, and o...

Mayeno, Laurin, author.

Tomorrow is the school parade, and Danny knows exactly what he will be: a princess. Mommy supports h...

Pitman, Gayle E., author.

Sewing the Rainbow is the powerful story of Gilbert Baker and the creation of the rainbow flag. This...

Thorn, Theresa, author.

A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Th...

Hoffman, Mary, 1945-

Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are simi...