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
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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My moms love me
Membrino, Anna
Ebook

Board Book (Age 0-2)

Sweet magic
LaReau, Kara
Welcome to the most magical bakery -- Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, delivers baked goods all over their town, and helps their neighbors with a touch of magic. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page! In a magical...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

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)

Family week
Moon, Sarah
Four best friends spend Family Week together at an annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in Provincetown, MA-the largest of its kind across the world-in this middle grade coming-of-age story that celebrates identity, acceptance, and found family. For as long as they can remember,...

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)

Mountain upside down
Ryan, Sara
Paper Book
A funny and heartfelt LGBTQIA+ middle grade novel set against the backdrop of family drama and a library funding campaign in a small town. Alex Eager lives in Faillin, OR with her grandmother, a retired librarian. Life should be great for Alex, since she finally worked up the...

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)

First kiss with fangs
Snyder, Marker
Thirteen-year-old Ivan is a tender-hearted vampire who prefers a plant-based diet. In his daydreams, he rejects his destiny and hangs out in the human world forever! But would it be worth it if it means hiding his truest self? Born into a family of vampires, cheerful Ivan is a...

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)

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)


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