GLBTQI Children's Lit Reading List

I hope I actually remember to update this thing-- in purple= I've read it-- in green= not available through KCLS (King County Library System) :( I will come up with some other color code when I figure out how to get these books without going broke-- I may be prowling Half Price Books a lot in the coming months O.o They have them for so cheap on Amazon but the shipping is crazy! Le sigh!

*= I loved this book

Updated 2.15.10

EDIT: 2.17.10--- holy moly, do you think they might have some of these at the UW Libraries? I didn't even think that they would have children's books, but why WOULDN'T they? There are people that study children's lit exclusively! I will check out some of these puppies on the UW Libraries site, and then readjust everything from green to orange that isn't there either.

10,000 Dresses

123 A Family Counting Book

ABC A Family Alphabet Book

Aisha's Moonlit Walk-- check KCLS

All Families are Different

All Families are Special

El Amor de Todos los Colores- the Many Colored Love

Amazing Mommies

Amy Asks a Question

Anna's Aunts Get Married

Anna Day and the O-Ring

And Tango Makes Three

Antonio's Card/La Tarjeta de Antonio by Rigoberto Gonzalez

Asha's Mum

At My House, What Makes a Family is Love

Bedtime for Baby Teddy

A Beach Party With Alexis

Belinda’s Bouquet

Best, Best Colors: Los Mejores Colores by Hoffman, Henriquez and Vega

Box Girl

A Boy's Best Friend

The Boy Who Cried Fabulous ("gay tendencies"... this sounds v. stereotypical)--- NOTE: NOT A GLBTQ-THEMED BOOK. It's pretty offensive that the boy is deemed "gay" by readers just because he uses the word "fabulous." Really? Really? Le sigh!

Buster's Sugartime (I find it hard to believe an Arthur book has GLBTQI themes but...)

The Case of the Stolen Scarab (Candlestone Inn Mystery #1)

A Clear Spring

The Daddy Machine

Daddy, Papa, and Me

Daddy's Roommate by Michael Wilhoite - Very sweet, though I'm not sure the men need to be half naked so often. ^^*

Daddy's Wedding

The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows and Other Stories

The Different Dragon

The Dragon and the Doctor

The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans and Other Stories

Else-Marie and her Seven Little Daddies

Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story

The Entertainer

Everywhere Babies

The Family Book

Families: A Celebration Of Diversity, Commitment And Love

A Family Has in it the People You Love

Felicia’s Favorite Story

Flying Free

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun- by Jacqueline Woodson

Generous Jefferson Bartleby Jones

Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude- Jonah Winter*

Gloria Goes to Gay Pride

Going to Fair Day

The Harvey Milk Story

Heather Has Two Mommies

Hello, Sailor

Holly’s Secret

How it Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages

How My Family Came to Be— Daddy, Papa and Me

How Would You Feel if Your Dad Was Gay?

If I Had 100 Mummies

In Our Mothers' House

Is Your Family Like Mine? by Louis Abramchik

It's Okay to Be Different

Jack and Jim

Jennifer Has Two Daddies

Jenny Lives With Eric And Martin

Josh and Jaz Have Three Mums

King and King

King and King and Family

Koalas on Parade

Living in Secret by Christina Salat

Losing Uncle Tim (Though it seems to be about AIDS actually- which assumes that everyone who has HIV/AIDS is gay)

Lots of Mommies

Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and Their Families (photography)

Lucy Goes To The Country by Joe Kennedy and John Canemaker

Mama Eat Ant, Yuck

Milly, Molly, and Different Dads

Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle

Molly’s Family

Mom and Mum are Getting Married!

Mommy, Mama, and Me

Monicka's Papa is Tall

Morning Light (Also actually about HIV/AIDS- but I haven't read these, so I should check them out first)

Mother's Day on Martha's Vineyard

My Dad Has HIV (ditto...)

My Family, Our Family, Your Family

My House

My Really Cool Baby Book

My Two Uncles

The Name on the Quilt: A Story of Remembrance

The Not-So-Only Child

Oh the Things Mommies Do!: What Could Be Better than Having Two?

Oliver Button is a Sissy (gender roles)

One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dad

One Hundred is a Family

Pugdog-- check KCLS

Queen Munch and Queen Nibble

The Rainbow Cubby House

Ray Loves Milo-- series?

Real Heroes by Marilyn Kaye

Red Ribbon (ditto)

Ryan's Mom is Tall

Saturday Is Pattyday

A Smile So Big

Spacegirl Pukes

Tale of Two Daddies

The Sissy Duckling by Harvey Fierstein

The Skull of Truth: A Magic Shop Book

Tales of Zebedy-Do-Dah

Tanny's Meow

Tiger Flowers (ditto)

Too Far Away to Touch (ditto...)

Two Daddies and Me

Two Moms

Two Moms, the Zark, and Me

Uncle Aiden

Uncle Bobby's Wedding

Uncle What-is-It Is Coming to Visit

We All Sing with the Same Voice

We Belong Together

What are Parents?

When Megan Went Away

When Grown-Ups Fall in Love

While You Were Sleeping (not the movie with Sandra Bullock...)

The White Swan Express

Who's in a Family?

William's Doll (gender roles)

Wishing for Kittens

Your Family, My Family

Zack’s Story

The Zark and Me