Children's Book Suggestions | Pride Month 2025

A few of our favorite books about LGBTQ+ children and families published in 2024. For more book ideas, check out our Pride Month 2024 list, 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 April 17, 2025
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Children's Book Suggestions | Pride Month 2025

A few of our favorite books about LGBTQ+ children and families published in 2024. For more book ideas, check out our Pride Month 2024 list, 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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The ribbon skirt
Mukwa, Cameron
Paper Book
American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor Book A joyful coming-of-age middle-grade graphic novel by debut Indigenous creator Cameron Mukwa about the journey of a two-spirit kid who wants to create a ribbon skirt for the upcoming powwow. Ten-year-old Anang wants to make a...

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

The curse of Eelgrass Bog
Averling, Mary
Paper Book
Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse. Nothing about Kess Pedrock's life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family's Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Crushing It
Becker, Erin.
Paper Book
From debut author Erin Becker comes an action-packed but tender novel about first romance, queer identity, and learning how to be brave when it matters the most-now in paperback! On the soccer field, Magic Mel is in her element. She's ready to lead her team to victory at the city...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Mallory in full color
Leahy, Elisa Stone
Paper Book
A funny, poignant middle grade novel about a tween who navigates questions of identity and friendship when her anonymous web comic goes viral, from the acclaimed author of Tethered to Other Stars. Mallory Marsh is an expert at molding into whatever other people want her to be...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Upstaged
Easter, Robin
Paper Book
★ "Sharply written and evocative" -- Publishers Weekly, starred review "This theater camp has plenty of captivating drama both on stage and off!" --Kayla Miller, New York Times bestselling creator of the Click graphic novel series ...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Becoming who we are : real stories about growing up trans
Lisel, Sammy
Paper Book
Becoming who you are is a journey, and all journeys start somewhere.

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

A song for you & 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)

Camp Prodigy
Palmer, Caroline
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Victoria Jamieson and Raina Telgemeier, this heartwarming middle grade graphic novel follows two nonbinary kids who navigate anxiety and identity while having fun and forming friendships at their summer orchestra camp. After attending an incredible concert,...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Lunar boy
Wibowo, Jessica
Paper Book
Stonewall Children's Literature Award Winner 2025 Rainbow Book List Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2024 NPR's Books We Love of 2024 GLAAD Media Awards Nominee 2024 Harvey Awards' Best Children's Book Nominee For fans of The Witch Boy and...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Marley's pride
Retener, Joëlle
Paper Book
A 2025 American Library Association Stonewall Children's Honor Book! ALA Rainbow Book List - Top 10 Titles for Younger Readers, 2025 ★ "A Black nonbinary child finds ways to navigate their sensory sensitivities...

Holiday Book (Age 4-8)

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