June is Pride Month, so it is the perfect time to LGBTQ+ positive books for children and young people. These books highlight family dynamics and stories to help develop the values of acceptance and kindness towards themselves and others, regardless of identity.
Children
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell and Henry Cole, Simon and Schuster Children’s, 978-1847381484
Julian Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love, Walker Books, 978-1406386424
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer, Dial Books, 978-0525554226
Plenty of Hugs by Fran Manushkin and Kate Alizadeh, Dial Books, 978-0525554011
The Girls by Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie, Caterpillar Books, 978-1848577190
Under the Love Umbrella by Davina Francesca Bell and Allison Colpoys, Scribe UK, 978-1925228977
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle, Simon and Schuster Children’s, 978-1442446915
George by Alex Gino, Scholastic, 978-1407158273
Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens, Puffin, 978-0141369761
Nothing Ever Happens Here by Sarah Hagger-Holt, Usborne, 978-1474966238
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders and Steven Salerno, Random House Books for Young Readers, 978-0399555312
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle Pitman, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 978-1419737206
Young People
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George Johnson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 978-0374312718
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon, Penguin Workshop, 978-0593094655
Birthday by Meredith Russo, Usborne, 978-1474967419
Heartstopper Volume One by Alice Oseman, Hodder Children’s, 978-1444951387
“I Will Not Be Erased”: Our stories about growing up as people of colour by gal-dem, Walker Books, 978-1406386370
Proud by Various, Stripes Publishing, 978-1788950602
Odd One Out by Nic Stone, Simon and Schuster Children’s, 978-1471175589
Queer, There and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World by Sarah Prager, HarperCollins, 978-0062474315
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater, Wren and Rook, 978-1526361233
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta and Anshika Khullar, Hodder Children’s, 978-1444948608
The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper, Bloomsbury YA, 978-1526619945
The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali by Sabina Khan, Scholastic, 978-1407194578
If you are a young carer and you love to read, please make contact with us as we would like to start a virtual reading group for likeminded young people.
