Kids books on Gender & Identity
Kids books on Gender & Identity
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.
What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns
Katherine Locke and Anne Passchier
$17.99 $16.73k *have not read* but highly recommended by friends!
My Rainbow
Trinity Neal, Deshanna Neal, et al.
$18.99 $17.66k » trans, autistic child of color and her Mother and family.
Neither
Airlie Anderson
$17.99 $16.73k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, non-binary identities
M Is for Mustache
Catherine Hernandez and Marisa Firebaugh
$15.95 $14.83k » girl main character, queer parent/caregiver, trans/queer/non-binary/gay/drag characters, BIPOC-centered story, BIPOC author/illustrator
My Maddy
Gayle E. Pitman and Violet Tobacco
$14.99 $13.94k » non-specific gender main character, trans/non-binary parent
She's My Dad!: A Story for Children Who Have a Transgender Parent or Relative
Sarah Savage and Joules Garcia
$16.95 $15.76k » non-specific gender main character, trans femme/woman parent, transgender author
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
Kai Yun Ching, Kai Cheng Thom, et al.
$18.95 $17.62k » non-binary child main character
The Boy & the Bindi
Vivek Shraya and Rajni Perera
$17.95 $16.69k » gender non-conforming main character, supportive female parent
Love Makes a Family
Sophie Beer
$11.99 $11.15k » representation/inclusion of many different family make-ups, same-gender parents
My Footprints
Bao Phi and Ngoc Diep Barbara Tran
$19.99 $18.59k » girl main character, two moms, Vietnamese-American author
Not Quite Narwhal
Jessie Sima
$17.99 $16.73k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, non-binary identities
They Call Me Mix/Me Llaman Maestre
Lourdes Rivas and Breena Nuñez
$21.97 $20.43k » non-binary main character, bilingual (English and Spanish)
Worm Loves Worm
J J Austrian and Mike Curato
$17.99 $16.73k » non-binary main character, anthropomorphic main character, marriage of two non-binary characters
More Graceful Shaboom
Jacinta Bunnell and Crystal Vielula
$16.95 $15.76k » non-binary/gender non-conforming main character, same-gender parents, queer author
Bell's Knock Knock Birthday
George Parker and Sam Orchard
$15.95 $14.83k » nonbinary kid main character, queer parents/caregivers, chosen family, trans or nonbinary author/illustrator
Girls Will Be Boys Will Be Girls... Coloring Book
Jacinta Bunnell
$11.00 $10.23k » 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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