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Seattle Picks: Pride for Kids - LGBTQ+ Books for Kids and Families

The experiences of LGBTQIA+ children and families are captured in this list comprised of picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels. Informational books are also included and span a variety of topics that include gender identity and the LGBTQIA+ rights movement. (Updated June 2025)

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60 items

  • Tío & Tío

    the Ring Bearers : Based on a True Story

    García-Mathews, Wellinthon
    Picture Book
    Book, 2025New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — E GARCIA-MAT
  • Are You a Friend of Dorothy?

    the True Story of An Imaginary Woman and the Real People She Helped

    Lukoff, Kyle
    Picture Book Nonfiction
    Book, 2025New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2025]
  • Picture Book
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — E SPILLETT
  • One Day in June

    a Story Inspired by the Life and Activism of Marsha P. Johnson

    Tourmaline
    Picture Book Nonfiction
    Book, 2025New York, New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, [2025] — JB J6353T 2025
  • Graphic Novel
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024. — J-GN WIBOWO
  • Nonfiction
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Workman Kids, an imprint of Workman Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2024. — J306.76097 Y26A 2024
  • True You

    a Gender Journey

    Agna, Gwen
    Easy nonfiction: This affirming and inclusive photographic picture book offers a celebratory and informative look at kids and their wide-ranging gender identities.
    Book, 2022New York, NY: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — J306.768 Ag61T 2022
  • Picture Book Nonfiction
    Book, 2024New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2024] — J305.3 Am3511H 2024
  • Graphic Novel
    Graphic Novel, 2024New York : Labyrinth Road, [2024] — J-GN ANDERSON
  • Book, 2023Toronto : Annick Press, [2023] — J/E BANDALI
  • Glenn Burke, Game Changer

    the Man Who Invented the High Five

    Bildner, Phil
    Picture Book Nonfiction
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Farrar Strauss Giroux Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC, 2024. — J796.35709 B9174B 2024
  • Picture Book Nonfiction
    Book, 2023UK : Bigger Picture Books, [2023] — J306.874 B8139i 2023
  • Chapter book: When King’s brother Khalid dies unexpectedly, he’s left reeling with Khalid’s final advice to end his friendship with his best friend over rumors that he’s gay.
    Book, 2020New York : Scholastic Press, 2020. — J CALLEND
  • Me & My Dysphoria Monster

    An Empowering Story to Help Children Cope With Gender Dysphoria

    Dale, Laura Kate
    Picture book: This book can be read aloud and used for discussing gender dysphoria with children, explaining what it is and how they and their families can deal with it. An accompanying guide for parents with additional information about gender…
    Book, 2022London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2022. — E DALE
  • Sharice's Big Voice

    a Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman

    Davids, Sharice, 1980-
    Easy Nonfiction: This picture book autobiography tells the remarkable story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JB D2809D 2021
  • B Is for Bellies

    a Celebration of Every Body!

    Dyball, Rennie
    Picture Book
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023] — E DYBALL