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 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
Paper Book
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)

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
Paper Book
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

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Carousel summer
Gros, Kathleen
Paper Book
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)

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.
Paper Book
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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