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
Paper Book
Cuddle up and celebrate love in this picture book that shines a spotlight on LGBTQ+ moms! "A hug from Mommy, warm and tight. A squeeze from Mama feels just right. This is how my mommies say, 'We love you, baby, night and day!"' Two...

Board Book (Age 0-2)

Night Flight
Moore, David Barclay
When a boy's dads are away, it takes a giant leap and night of adventure to bring them home. A tender dreamscape story from the author of Boyogi and the illustrator of We Could Fly. As a little boy's window glows warmly against the cold night, he gets tucked into...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

My dad is the best
Pintadera, Fran
Paper Book
A fierce competition ensues between two boys arguing over whose dad is strongest in this absurdly silly-yet-sweet picture book, with a surprise twist ending. Two boys try to one-up each other about their strong dads. One says his dad can pick up a truck filled with elephants,...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

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)

Ella Josephine : resident in charge
LaCour, Nina
Paper Book
The second book in bestselling author Nina LaCour's delightful chapter book series for young readers. "LaCour's ... series is cozy and classic-feeling ... Ella's curiosity and gregariousness are infectious, and she'll easily sweep readers into her charming world....

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

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)

Tales from beyond the rainbow
Wood, Pete Jordi
Epic stories of love, adventure, and resilience featuring LGBTQ+ narratives and heroes, published as a collection of queer classics for the first time. These are the fairy tales that history forgot--or concealed. Ten tales in which gender is fluid and where queer stories can have...

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)

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)

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)

The big day : a giant celebration of love
Plummer, Rachel (Poet)
Paper Book
In this heartwarming celebration of LGBTQ+ love, inclusivity, and friendship that's geared toward children ages 3-7, the young narrator is invited to a giants' wedding and learns that love is love, no matter how big or small. When one small human is invited to the wedding of two...

Parenting Book (Age 4-8)


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