February is LGBT History Month and I thought that I would take this opportunity to recommend a few children’s books featuring LGBT characters which you could use to introduce this topic to your class.
Non-fiction
This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson
Daring Hearts: Lesbian and Gay Lives of 50s and 60s Brighton by Brighton Ourstory (this fascinating book is unfortunately out of print but is still available to buy from Amazon)
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen by Arin Andrews
Picture books
Worm Loves Worm by JJ Austrian and Mike Curato
Something Else by Kathryn Cave
King and King by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland
King and King and Family by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland
Pearl Power and the Girl with Two Dads by Mel Elliott
10,000 Dresses by Marcus Ewert
Antonio’s Card by Rigoberto Gonzalez
Welcome to the Family by Mary Hoffman
I Got a Crocodile by Nicola Killen (gender neutral character)
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis
Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang
Donovan’s Big Day by Leslea Newman
Heather Has Two Mummies by Leslea Newman
Mommy, Mama and Me by Leslea Newman
Daddy, Papa and Me by Leslea Newman
The Boy Who Cried Fabulous by Leslea Newman
In Our Mothers’ House by Patricia Polacco
And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson
Pink! by Lynne Rickards
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton
Fiction
Primary
The Secrets of Sam and Sam by Susie Day
The Secrets of Billie Bright by Susie Day
The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue
George by Alex Gino
Two Weeks with the Queen by Morris Gleitzman
Scrivener’s Moon by Philip Reeve
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
Secondary
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
The Dark Light by Julia Bell
Unbecoming by Jenny Downham
The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman
Maggot Moon by Sally Gardner
What’s Up With Jody Barton? by Hayley Long
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Release by Patrick Ness
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo
Starring Kitty by Keris Stainton
Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley
Our Own Private Universe by Robin Talley
As I Descended by Robin Talley
The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson
Graphic Novels
Skim by Mariko Tamaki
For a further list of titles see the wonderful Letterbox Library
Has anyone else got a favourite that they would like to recommend?
