LGBTQ+
The great big book of families
Mary Hoffman
Features illustrations and descriptions of different types of families and how their lives are similar and different.
One family
George Shannon
jE Shannon
LGBTQ+, Picture Books
A family can be many things, in this story that introduces numbered groups from one to ten.
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Stella brings the family
Miriam B Schiffer
jE Schiffer
LGBTQ+, Picture Books
Stella brings her two fathers to school to celebrate Mother's Day.
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This day in June
Gayle E Pitman
jE Pitman
LGBTQ+, Picture Books
"A picture book illustrating a Pride parade. The endmatter serves as a primer on LGBT history and culture and explains the references made in the story"--
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Wandering son
Takako Shimura
MANGA Shimura Wandering
Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+, Young Adult
V. 1: "The fifth grade. The threshold to puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Shuichi Nitori and his new friend Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy "-- back cover.
This is a beautiful and touching series about friends supporting one another through thick and thin. -Casey
Spinning
Tillie Walden
796.912092 /Walden
Young Adult, Graphic Novels, Memoir, LGBTQ+
Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden's life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she'd outgrown her passion--and she finally needed to find her own voice.
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Grasshopper jungle
Andrew (Andrew Anselmo) Smith
YOUNG ADULT FICTION Smith Andrew
Young Adult, LGBTQ+
"Austin Szerba narrates the end of humanity as he and his best friend Robby accidentally unleash an army of giant, unstoppable bugs and uncover the secrets of a decades-old experiment gone terribly wrong"--
Grasshopper Jungle is a brutally honest work. Smith is an amazing writer. He has expertly tapped into the adolescent male mind. A word of warning: This book is awesome, and it also contains profanity, sexual situations and people being eaten by giant bugs. I recommend it to readers looking for a highly original YA book. -Brian
The prince and the dressmaker
Jen Wang
GRAPHIC NOVEL Wang
Graphic Novels, LGBTQ+, Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride--or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia--the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!
Sweet, poignant and beautiful--don't miss this one! -Casey
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