Children's Book Suggestions | Pride Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about LGBTQ+ children and families published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Pride Month 2024 and 2025 lists, browse the library catalog, or search for a specific identity term like nonbinary, genderfluid, etc.

More great books are honored annually with the Stonewall Award and the Rainbow Project Book List.

Updated January 30, 2026
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Children's Book Suggestions | Pride Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about LGBTQ+ children and families published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Pride Month 2024 and 2025 lists, browse the library catalog, or search for a specific identity term like nonbinary, genderfluid, etc.

More great books are honored annually with the Stonewall Award and the Rainbow Project Book List.

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My moms love me
Membrino, Anna
Paper Book
Now available in a sweet board book edition, cuddle up and celebrate love in this beautiful story that shines a spotlight on LGBTQIA+ moms! "A hug from Mommy, warm and tight. A squeeze from Mama feels just right. This is how my mommies say, 'We...

Board Book (Age 0-2)

It's all or nothing, Vale
Arango, Andrea Beatriz
Paper Book
A poignant novel in verse in which, after a life-changing accident, one girl finds her way back to her life's passion. From the Newbery Honor-winning author of Iveliz Explains It All. A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR All these months of staring at...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

13 ways to say goodbye
Fussner, Kate
Paper Book
A novel-in-verse about life after loss, 13 Ways to Say Goodbye beautifully renders the power of sibling bonds, the depth of grief, and the strength of learning to love again, perfect for fans of Everywhere Blue and The Distance to Home, from the author of The Song of Us. Nina...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Chris Makes a Friend
Gino, Alex
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of MELISSA, a sweet and tart story about unexpected friendship and family reconciliation. THIS IS NOT THE SUMMER CHRIS HAD PLANNED... Chris does not want to be spending the summer with her grandparents and her little sister. Her...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

A world worth saving
Lukoff, Kyle
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST . A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff. "Rare and beautiful-a novel...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The court of the dead
Riordan, Rick
New York Times #1 best-selling authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro collaborate again on a new adventure in which Nico di Angelo teams up with his half-sister Hazel Levesque to protect . . . monsters? A few months after returning from the depths of Tartarus, demigods Nico...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Carousel summer
Gros, Kathleen
For twelve-year-old Lucy Stulligross, a boring summer without her best friend turns into an unexpected coming-of-age journey of firsts. Perfect for fans of Kayla Miller and Jarad Greene. With her best friend away at camp, tons of chores to do, and her dad always on her case...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

A song for you and I
O'Neill, Kay (Cartoonist)
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Being a ranger means adventure, action, and protecting the weak. But who protects the ranger when they lose their way? From the bestselling author of The Moth Keeper and the Tea Dragon Society comes a must read MG graphic novel for fans of soft sweeping fantasy...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Halfway to somewhere
Pimienta, Jose
Paper Book
New school, new country, but only half a family?! Embark on a coming of age journey with a middle school teen navigating their parent's divorce while moving to a new country in this stunning graphic novel. A STONEWALL BOOK AWARD WINNER . A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Goat magic
Wheeler, Kate
Paper Book
"With magic, romance, political intrigue, cheerworthy protagonists, and lots of cute goats, this warmly illustrated adventure will satisfy middle-grade fantasy lovers." --Booklist, starred review Destinies collide when a village goat herder meets the palace princess in...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Jim! : six true stories about one great artist : James Marshall
Connors, Jerrold
A picture book biography of the late, great James Marshall-illustrator of Miss Nelson is Missing and the George and Martha series-as clever, delightful, and daring as Jim himself, and featuring detailed backmatter, including a robust author's note and timeline. Author and...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)

Outside in and the inside out : a story about Arnold Lobel
Kastner, Emmy
A thoughtful and whimsical picture book about Arnold Lobel, award-winning creator of Frog and Toad. A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of 2025 Arnold Lobel was many things- a quiet observer, an avid reader, and the kind of man who kept a gorilla suit in his...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)

It's Pride, baby!
Wells, Allen R.
Paper Book
An ALA Rainbow List Title A joyful picture book debut that encourages kids to take pride in themselves and know that they are loved no matter what. Just as the stars light the entire world-- You shine. Join a queer family as they...

Holiday Book (Age 4-8)

The bi book
Irving, A. J.
Perfect for fans of What Are Your Words? and Julian Is a Mermaid, The Bi Book shows readers the many meanings of "bi," both in terms of the language we use to understand the world and to understand ourselves. A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ...

Parenting Book (Age 4-8)

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