LGBTIQA+ inclusive kids books

Sharing a book together with your loved ones is a special time, a great way to bond and create beautiful memories. Diverse books reflecting our community are becoming more common for a wide range of age groups.

We have compiled a list of book suggestions aimed at a mixture of aged groups from birth to late teens. You can Google the name and author to find out more about the book.

Perhaps you have discovered a great book and would like to recommend it to other families? Please let us know or post a book review in our Rainbow Families Community Group on Facebook.

Picture Books:

Title	Author	Age
Introducing Teddy	Jessica Walton	0-3
Mommy, Mamma and Me	Leslea Newman	0-3
Daddy, Pappa and Me	Leslea Newman	0-3
Heather Has Two Mommies	Lesléa Newman	4+
Donovan’s Big Day	Leslea Newman	4+
Felicia’s Favourite Story	Leslea Newman	4+
Stella Brings the Family	Miriam B. Schiffer	4+
Families, Families, Families	Suzanne Lang & Max Long	4+
ABC A Family Alphabet Book	Bobbie Combs	3+
The Great Big Book of Families	Mary Hoffman	3+
My Two Super Dads	Bronny Fallens	3+
My Two Super Mums	Bronny Fallens	3+
Just the Way We Are	Claire Robertson, Jessica Shirvington	3+
10,000 Dresses	Marcus Ewert	4+
Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress	Christine Baldacchino	4+
Zak's Safari	Christy Tyner	4+
I Am Jazz	Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings	4+
Julian is a Mermaid	Jessica Love	4+
Wrestle!	Charlotte Mclellan, Gus Skattebol-James, & Maya Newell	4+
Why I’m so special	Carla Lewis-Long	2+
The Princes and The Treasure	Jeffrey A. Miles	3+
The Family Book	Todd Parr	3 +
It’s OK to be Different	Todd Parr	3 +
The Mummy Book	Todd Parr	3 +
The Daddy Book	Todd Parr	3 +
Bedtime for Baby Teddy	Tamara Arc-Decker	1+
Bath Time for Baby Teddy	Tamara Arc-Decker	1+
Love Makes a Family	Sophie Beer	1+
Keesha’s South African Adventure	Cheril N Clarke & Monica Bey-Clarke	4+
Keesha and her Two Moms go Swimming	Cheril N Clarke & Monica Bey-Clarke	4+
Harriet Gets Carried Away	Jessie Sima	4+
My Princess Boy	Cheryl Kilodavis	3+
Jacob's New Dress	Ian Hoffman & Sarah Hoffman	4+
And Tango Makes Three	Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell	4+
Worm loves Worm	JJ Austraian	4+
Are you a Boy or are you a Girl?	Sara Savage & Fox Fisher	3+
The Prince and the Frog	Olly Pike	3+
A Tale of Two Daddies	Vonita Oelschlager	5+
A Tale of Two Mommies	Vonita Oelschlager	5+
A Family is a Family	Sara O’Leary	5+
A Peacock among Pigeons	Tyler Curry	4+
Baby’s First Words	Tessa Strickland & Kate DePalma	0+
All You Need is Love	Shanni Collins	4+
Frockodile	Jeanne Willis	3+
In Our Mothers House	Patricia Polacco	5+
My two Mummies and Me	Michael Joosten	0+
The Different Dragon	Jennifer Bryan	4+
Auntie Uncle	Ellie Royce	3+
The Adventures of Honey and Leon	Alan Cumming	3+
The Best Mum	Penny Harrison	3+
The Girl with Two Dads	Meg Elliot	3+
Who’s Your Real Mum?	Anna Zoebel	4+
Babies Everywhere	Susan Meyers	0+
We are Family	Patricia Hegarty	4+
Annie’s Plaid Shirt	Stacy B Davis	4+
A House for Everyone	Jo Hirst	4+
Red: A Crayons Story	Michael Hall	4+
King and King	Linda De haan	4+
Two is Enough	Janna Matthies	4+
The Best Mum	Penny Harrison	4+
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding	Sarah S Brannen & Lucia Soto	4+
The Girl with Two Dads	Meg Elliot	3+
Who’s Your Real Mum?	Bernadette Green	3+
Introducing Teddy	Jessica Walton	3+
If Feels Good to be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity	Theresa Thorn	4+
Who are You?: The Kids Guide to Gender identity	Naomi Brook	5+
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea	Kai Cheng Thom	3+
My Shadow is Pink	Scott Stuart	3+
Real Men	Scott Stuart	3+
Pink is for Boys	Robb Pearlman	4+
Some Boys	Nelly Thomas	4+
Some Girls	Nelly Thomas	4+

Graphic Novels

These books are recommended for 10+:

Moonstruck by Grace Ellis

Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin and Nina Vakueva

Princess Princess Ever After by Katie O’Neill

Heartstopper Volume 1 & 2 (volume 3 coming in 2020) by Alice Oseman

Honor Girl: A Graphic Memoir by Maddie Thrash

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Tomboy: A graphic Memoir by Liz Prince

The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Lumberjanes series by Noelle Stevenson

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson

A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni & Tristan Jimerson

Bingo Love by Tee Franklin

Kim Reaper by Sara Graley

Chapter books/novels (fiction and non fiction)

Books recommended for under 12:

George by Alex Gina

Drum Roll, Please by Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Hurricane Child by Kheryn Callender

Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky

The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher by Dana Alison Levy

Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker

The Whispers by Greg Howards

Books recommended for 12+

Trans Teens Survival Guide by Fox & Owl Fisher

None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio

Growing up Queer in Australia by Benjamin Law

Finding Nevo by Nevo Zisin

Little Lion by Brandy Colbert

Let’s talk about love by Claire Kann

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings

Lily and Dunkinby Donna Gephart

Alex Aswell by Alyssa Brugman

Happy Families by Tanita S. Davis

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