A glittering celebration of queer families puts Pride gently in perspective—honoring those in the LGBTQ+ community who fought against injustice and inequality.
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Pride 2024 - Picture Books
June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Check out these great titles.
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Newmarket Public Library
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- Represents a variety of families, some big and some small, some with only one parent and some with two moms or dads, some quiet and some noisy, but all alike in some ways and special no matter what.
- In this retelling of Cinderella, Cinderelliot enters a royal baking competition, hoping to win the heart of the prince.
- An exuberant and affirming picture book about self-expression, allyship, and celebrating differences. Daniel is obsessed with his favorite pop star Fabulina and can't wait to show off his signature shimmy-kick to her biggest hit "Strong, Brave,…
- The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish follows a drag queen who performs her routine in front of an awe-struck audience.
- An adventurous merman and kind fisherman find love and each other in this gorgeous update to the Little Mermaid story. Winner of the Polari Prize, the UK's first and largest LGBTQ+ book award. "A moving celebration of love." Far out at sea and deep…
- "Told from the perspective of their adoring nephew, Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero is the story of a courageous drag queen who saves the day, and brings two communities together. The young narrator thinks it's awesome that his Uncle and his Auntie…
- Teased for having two fathers, a boy views his friend's traditional family as similar to his own and realizes he can counter the ridicule by taking pride in his fathers and the love that makes them a family.
- A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family that has lost its dog at a Pride parade.
- Chloë is jealous and sad when her favorite uncle announces that he will be getting married, but as she gets to know Jamie better and becomes involved in planning the wedding, she discovers that she will always be special to Uncle Bobby--and to Uncle…
- Mark's rainbow cape makes him feel brave enough to be himself and make new friends, but when the cape goes missing, he worries that his confidence will disappear too.
- At New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins fall in love and start a family by taking turns sitting on an abandoned egg until it hatches.
- Jacob, who likes to wear dresses at home, convinces his parents to let him wear a dress to school, too.
- With encouragement from her mother, teacher, and a fellow student, Phoenix, who was assigned male at birth but identifies as female, finds the courage to face the first day of school.
- "When Max starts school, the teacher hesitates to call out the name on the attendance sheet. Something doesn't seem to fit. Max lets her know the name he wants to be called by--a boy's name. This begins Max's journey as he makes new friends and…
- The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere
- When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lost of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.
- Drag queens sing verses of this popular song that encourages everyone to express their fabulousness by singing, posing, and twirling along.
- Dad has posted a list of chores for the family to do before grandma comes, including bathing the cat; but the cat does not want a bath, so she mixes up the instructions, and soon the family is mowing the floor, vacuuming the lawn, mopping the…
- A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.
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