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By Kit Ballum Cohen

Hi! All of these books I own and read with my child, unless noted below. Notations (i.e., "k » non-binary main character, transgender author") are my own, so please get in touch if I have misrepresented anything or anyone! No particular order; a few not on Bookshop are listed at the bottom.

 

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bookcover for What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns

What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns

Katherine Locke, 

Anne Passchier 

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Hardback

$17.99

$16.73

k *have not read* but highly recommended by friends!

bookcover for My Rainbow

My Rainbow

Trinity Neal, 

Deshanna Neal, 

Art Twink 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

k » trans, autistic child of color and her Mother and family.

bookcover for Neither

Neither

Airlie Anderson 

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Hardback

$17.99

$16.73

k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, non-binary identities

bookcover for M Is for Mustache

M Is for Mustache

Catherine Hernandez, 

Marisa Firebaugh 

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Paperback

$15.95

$14.83

k » girl main character, queer parent/caregiver, trans/queer/non-binary/gay/drag characters, BIPOC-centered story, BIPOC author/illustrator

bookcover for Julián Is a Mermaid

Julián Is a Mermaid

Jessica Love 

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Hardback

$17.99

$16.73

k » gender non-conforming main character

bookcover for My Maddy

My Maddy

Gayle E. Pitman, 

Violet Tobacco 

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Hardback

$14.99

$13.94

k » non-specific gender main character, trans/non-binary parent

bookcover for She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative

She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative

Sarah Savage, 

Joules Garcia 

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Hardback

$18.95

$17.62

k » non-specific gender main character, trans femme/woman parent, transgender author

bookcover for From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

Kai Yun Ching, 

Kai Cheng Thom, 

Wai-Yant Li 

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Hardback

$18.95

$17.62

k » non-binary child main character

bookcover for The Boy & the Bindi

The Boy & the Bindi

Vivek Shraya, 

Rajni Perera 

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Hardback

$17.95

$16.69

k » gender non-conforming main character, supportive female parent

bookcover for Love Makes a Family

Love Makes a Family

Sophie Beer 

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Board book

$11.99

$11.15

k » representation/inclusion of many different family make-ups, same-gender parents

bookcover for My Footprints

My Footprints

Bao Phi, 

Ngoc Diep Barbara Tran 

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Hardback

$19.99

$18.59

k » girl main character, two moms, Vietnamese-American author

bookcover for Stella Brings the Family

Stella Brings the Family

Miriam B. Schiffer 

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Hardback

$16.99

$15.80

k *have not read*

bookcover for Not Quite Narwhal

Not Quite Narwhal

Jessie Sima 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, non-binary identities

bookcover for They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre

They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre

Lourdes Rivas, 

Breena Nuñez 

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Hardback

$21.97

$20.43

k » non-binary main character, bilingual (English and Spanish)

bookcover for Worm Loves Worm

Worm Loves Worm

J J Austrian, 

Mike Curato 

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Hardback

$18.99

$17.66

k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, marriage of two non-binary characters

bookcover for More Graceful Shaboom

More Graceful Shaboom

Jacinta Bunnell, 

Crystal Vielula 

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Hardback

$16.95

$15.76

k » non-binary/gender non-conforming main character, same-gender parents, queer author

bookcover for Bell's Knock Knock Birthday

Bell's Knock Knock Birthday

George Parker, 

Sam Orchard 

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Paperback

$15.95

$14.83

k » nonbinary kid main character, queer parents/caregivers, chosen family, trans or nonbinary author/illustrator

bookcover for Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?

Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl?

Sarah Savage, 

Fox Fisher 

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Hardback

$20.95

$19.48

k *have not read*

bookcover for Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls... Coloring Book

Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls... Coloring Book

Jacinta Bunnell 

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Book

$11.00

$10.23

k » looks cool, have not used.

Daddy Honk Honk!

Rosalinde Bonnet

$11.99 (via https://www.amazon.com/Daddy-Honk-Rosalinde-Bonnet/dp/039918676X)

k » anthropomorphic main character, single adoptive dad

 

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See my list of <More kids books to expand your cisgender, heterosexual, white, boy-centric bookshelf>