Best LGBT Books for Children

This is a sweet ode to rainbow families, and an affirming display of a parent’s love for their child and a child’s love for their parents. 

With bright colors and joyful families, this book celebrates LGBTQ+ pride and reveals the colorful meaning behind each rainbow stripe. 

Readers will celebrate the life, healing, light, nature, harmony, and spirit that the rainbows in this book will bring.

This fun, inclusive board book celebrates the one thing that makes every family a family . . . and that's LOVE.

Love is baking a special cake. Love is lending a helping hand. Love is reading one more book.

In this exuberant board book, many different families are shown in happy activity, from an early-morning wake-up to a kiss before bed.

Whether a child has two moms, two dads, one parent, or one of each, this simple preschool read-aloud demonstrates that what's most important in each family's life is the love the family members share.

An ALA Notable Children’s Book Nominee * A Lambda Literary Award Finalist

And Tango Makes Three is the bestselling, heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. 

At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others.

But their desire for a family was the same.

And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo get the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own. 

Stella’s class is having a Mother’s Day celebration, but what’s a girl with two daddies to do?

It’s not that she doesn’t have someone who helps her with her homework, or tucks her in at night.

Stella has her Papa and Daddy who take care of her, and a whole gaggle of other loved ones who make her feel special and supported every day.

She just doesn’t have a mom to invite to the party.

Fortunately, Stella finds a unique solution to her party problem in this sweet story about love, acceptance, and the true meaning of family.

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, there’s no limit to what a loving family can do together.

Shares the loving bond between same-sex parents and their children.

In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world.

Daydreaming of the magic he’s seen, all he can think about is dressing up just like the ladies in his own fabulous mermaid costume: a butter-yellow curtain for his tail, the fronds of a potted fern for his headdress.

What will Abuela think about the mess he makes — and even more importantly, what will she think about how Julián sees himself?

Mesmerizing and full of heart, Jessica Love’s author-illustrator debut is a jubilant picture of self-love and a radiant celebration of individuality.

 An Amazon Best Children's Book of the Year selection

Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Rainbow Pride Flag with the very first picture book to tell its remarkable and inspiring history!

In this deeply moving and empowering true story, young readers will trace the life of the Gay Pride Flag, from its beginnings in 1978 with social activist Harvey Milk and designer Gilbert Baker to its spanning of the globe and its role in today's world.

Award-winning author Rob Sanders's stirring text, and acclaimed illustrator Steven Salerno's evocative images, combine to tell this remarkable - and undertold - story. A story of love, hope, equality, and pride.

A picture book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest reader from writer Theresa Thorn and illustrator Noah Grigni.Some people are boys.

Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between.

This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others.

With child-friendly language and vibrant art, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young readers and parents alike with the vocabulary to discuss this important topic with sensitivity.

American Library Association 2019 Rainbow Book List Top Ten

In this modern fairy tale, a noble prince and a brave knight come together to defeat a terrible monster and in the process find true love in a most unexpected place.

Celebrate Pride every day with the very first picture book to tell of its historic and inspiring role in the gay civil rights movement, from the author of the acclaimed Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag.

Heather’s favorite number is two. She has two arms, two legs, and two pets. And she also has two mommies.

When Heather goes to school for the first time, someone asks her about her daddy, but Heather doesn’t have a daddy.

Then something interesting happens.

When Heather and her classmates all draw pictures of their families, not one drawing is the same.

It doesn’t matter who makes up a family, the teacher says, because “the most important thing about a family is that all the people in it love one another.”

A Tale of Two Daddies is a playground conversation between two children.

The boy says he heard that the girl has two dads. The girl says that is right. She has Daddy and Poppa.

True to a child’s curiosity, practical questions follow. “Which dad helps when your team needs a coach? / Which dad cooks you eggs and toast?”

To which she answers: “Daddy is my soccer coach. / Poppa cooks me eggs and toast.”

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 way that matters most of all.

One child is worried that her family is just too different to explain, but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special.

One is raised by a grandmother, and another has two dads. One is full of stepsiblings, and another has a new baby.

As one by one, her classmates describe who they live with and who loves them — family of every shape, size and every kind of relation — the child realizes that as long as her family is full of caring people, her family is special.

A warm and whimsical look at many types of families written by award-winning author Sara O’Leary, 

An empowering and educational picture book that proves colors are for everyone, regardless of gender.Pink is for boys . . . and girls . . . and everyone!

This timely and beautiful picture book rethinks and reframes the stereotypical blue/pink gender binary and empowers kids-and their grown-ups-to express themselves in every color of the rainbow.

Featuring a diverse group of relatable characters, Pink Is for Boys invites and encourages girls and boys to enjoy what they love to do, whether it's racing cars and playing baseball, or loving unicorns and dressing up.

Vibrant illustrations help children learn and identify the myriad colors that surround them every day, from the orange of a popsicle, to the green of a grassy field, all the way up to the wonder of a multicolored rainbow.

From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel like herself in boys' clothing.

This confused her family, until they took her to a doctor who said that Jazz was transgender and that she was born that way.

Jazz's story is based on her real-life experience and she tells it in a simple, clear way that will be appreciated by picture book readers, their parents, and teachers.

This bedtime story about bedtime stories shows how the wonderful curiosity and care of a little boy, with some help from one of his moms, can lead to magical and unexpected places.

Join Noah and his cat, Diva, on this nighttime adventure and you too will leave with an unforgettable new dragon friend!

Winner, 2015 Notable Books for a Global Society Awards

In a wildly whimsical, validating, and exuberant reflection of the LGBT community, This Day In June welcomes readers to experience a pride celebration and share in a day when we are all united.

Also included is a Reading Guide chock-full of facts about LGBT history and culture, as well as a Note to Parents and Caregivers with information on how to talk to children about sexual orientation and gender identity in age-appropriate ways.

This Day In June is an excellent tool for teaching respect, acceptance, and understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.