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A guide to

LGBTQ+ BOOKS

from Early Years

to Adult

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Educate&

CelebrateWe’re delighted to continue our collaboration with Gay’sthe Word, the UK’s oldest, dedicated LGBTQ+ bookshop,

with the advice of Dr Erica Gillingham, who studied with the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at University of Roehampton, on our selection of school-age books.

We are confident that the book collections give the broadest possible representation of LGBTQ+ lives and experiences. They are categorised by Early Years, Primary, Secondary (Lower an Upper) and Classics. When you order you will receive 15 books from your preferred list. If there are any particular books you would like then please specify when you order, otherwise we send what is in stock. The letters next to each text give librarians, teachers and readers an idea of who is represented in the stories. The Classics List includes some of the most well-known, influential and groundbreaking texts that highlight our queer literary heritage. These books will appeal to older students reading for pleasure and those interested in Literature or Queer Studies at university. Whereas the Fiction Lists fuel the imagination and give voices to a broad range of imagined LGBT+ experiences, the Non-Fiction List provides young people of all ages with advice and information that will help them develop with confidence and awareness.

Ideas for Librarians and Teachers • A YA Odyssey: weekly review of a YA novel• Prizes for readers who read the lists• Prizes for book reviews - review of the week!• Help us promote our collections by engaging with our social

media – tell us about a book you’ve loved and post on YouTube,Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. Use #queermylibrary

• Fundraise, campaign and use social media to support us to try andget an LGBTQ+ set of books in every school in the country!

Social Media• Twitter @prideyouthnetw1• Facebook Pride Youth Network• Instagram pride_youth_network

A Handy Guide to our Books!

L = LesbianG = GayBF = Bisexual FemaleBM = Bisexual MaleTF = Trans FeminineTM = Trans MasculineQ = Queer

I = IntersexA = AsexualNB = NonbinaryBAME = Black Asian Minority

EthnicUK = United Kingdom

author/published

Categories for Characters’ Identities:

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Any questions?If your librarians or teachers have any questions about

the booklists, please contact

enquiries@educateandcelebrate.org

For more information on Dr Erica Gillingham’s work, visit

her website:

www.ericagillingham.com

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0-5Author Title Categories

Cave Something Else Difference

De Haan King & King G

Engel Baby’s First Words G/Two Dads/BAME

Ismail I’m a Girl! Gender

Lang Families, Families, Families Diverse Families

Love Julian is a Mermaid TF/Gender/BAME

Newman Daddy, Papa, and Me G/Two Dads

Newman Heather Has Two Mommies L/Two Moms

Newman Mommy, Mama, and Me L/Two Moms

Oelschlager A Tale of Two Daddies G/Two Dads

Oelschlager A Tale of Two Mommies G/Two Moms/BAME

Parr It’s Okay to be Different Difference

Parr The Family Book Diverse Families

Sima Harriet Gets Carried Away

Gender/G/Two Dads/BAME

Watson Spacegirl Pukes L/Two Mums/Gender/BAME

PRIDE in Primary Education Book Collection

Novels

Author Title Categories

Dawson Margot & Me G/Grandfather

Gino George TF

Levithan Boy Meets Boy G/BM

Polonsky Gracefully Grayson TF

Staiton Starring Kitty L/BAME/UK

Tamaki Lumberjanes: Unicorn Power!

L/Q/TF/BAME

Tamaki Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up!

L/Q/TF/BAME

Picture Books

Author Title Categories

Ace The Girls Friendship/L/Families/ Pride/BAME

Beatty Ada Twist, Scientist Gender, BAME

Beatty Iggy Peck, Architect Gender

Beatty Rosie Revere, Engineer Gender

Cave Something Else Difference

De Haan King & King G

Ewert 10, 000 Dresses TF

Hall Red: A Crayon’s Story Difference/TF/TM Themes

Hoffman Great Big Book of Families Diverse Families/BAME

Ismail I’m a Girl! Gender

Love Julian is a Mermaid TF/Gender/BAME

Morgenstern The Pink Suitcase Gender

Newman Donovan’s Big Day L/Two Moms/Marriage

Pankhurst Great Women Who Made History

Gender/History

Pike The Prince and the Frog G

Pitman This Day in June Pride

Pomranz Made by Raffi Gender

Richardson And Tango Makes Three G/Two Dads

Sanders Pride The Story of Harvey Milkand the Rainbow Flag

G/History

Sima Harriet Gets Carried Away Gender/G/Two Dads/ BAME

Watson Spacegirl Pukes L/Two Mums/Gender/ BAME

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Lower Secondary (Ages 12-15)

Author Title Categories

Abertalli Love Simon G

Lo Ash L

Lo Huntress L

Gino George TM

Green Noah Can’t Even G/UK

Gregorio None of the Above NB/Q

Harfleet Pansy Boy G/Graphic Text

Konisberg Honestly Ben BM

Neilson We Are All Made of Molecules G/Two Dads

Polonsky Gracefully Grayson TF

Pratt Unboxed L/UK

Ryan Empress of the World BF

Upper Secondary (Ages 15-18)

Author Title Categories

Abertalli Leah on the Offbeat BF/G

Cameron Out of the Blue L/BF/BAME/UK

Danforth The Miseducation of Cameron Post

L

Dawson (Ed) PROUD LGBTQIA+/UK*

Garvin Symptoms of Being Human NB/Q

Green Noah Could Never G

Gregory Skylarks L/UK

Lacour Everything Leads to You L/BAME

Lam Pantomime I/B

Levithan Two Boys Kissing G

Lo A Line in the Dark Q/BAME

McLemore When the Moon was Ours TM/BAME

Ness Release G

Oseman I Was Born for This TM/G/BAME/UK

Oseman Radio Silence A/G/UK

Russo If I was Your Girl TF

SaenzAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

G/BAME

Sanchez Boyfriends with Girlfriends BM/BF/L/G/BAME)

Talley Our Own Private Universe BF

Williamson The Art of Being Normal TF

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Ages

12-18

Author Title Categories

Baldwin Giovanni’s Room G/BAME

Bartlett Ready to Catch Him Should He Fall

G

Bechdel Dykes to Watch Out For L/BF/TM/BAME/Comics

Bechdel Fun Home L/Graphic Memoir

Carson If Not Winter: Fragments of Sappho

L/Poetry

Cavafy Selected Poems G/Poetry

Duffy Rapture BF/Poetry

Forster Maurice G

Gunn The Man with Night Sweats G/Poetry

Highsmith Carol L

Highsmith The Talented Mr Ripley G

Hollinghurst The Swimming-Pool Library G

Isherwood Down There on a Visit G

Kay Trumpet L/BAME

Kushner Angels in America G/Play

Lopez The Inheritance G/Play

Maupin Tales from the City G/TF

Mishima Confessions of a Mask G/BAME

Reid Young Tom G

Renault Last of the Wine G

Renault The Friendly Young Ladies L/BF

Smith How to be Both L/Gender

Tóibín The Story of the Night G

Vidal The City and the Pillar G

Waters Fingersmith L

White Boy’s Own Story G

WintersonOranges Are Not the Only Fruit

L

Winterson The Passion L/Gender

Woolf Orlando TF/L/Gender

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16+/ University

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