Books to Celebrate Pride Month

June is LGBTQIA+ Pride month and we are celebrating by sharing some of our favorite books for readers of all ages. We love these books, because they represent the children and families in our lives.

Pink is for Boys

by Robb Pearlman (Author) and Eda Kaban (Illustrator)

Pride Colors

by Robin Stevenson (Author)

Love Makes a Family

by Sophie Beer (Author)

The Family Book

by Todd Parr

We Are Little Feminists: Families

by Archaa Shrivastav

Rainbow: A First Book of Pride

by Michael Genhart (Author) and Anne Passchier (Illustrator)

And Tango Makes Three

by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell (Authors), and Henry Cole (Illustrator)

Papa's Coming Home

by Chasten Buttigeg (Author) and Dan Taylor (Illustrator)

My Princess Boy

by Cheryl Kilodavis (Author) and Suzanne DeSimone (Illustrator)

Two Dads: A Book About Adoption

by Carolyn Robertson (Author)

Julian Is A Mermaid

by Jessica Love (Author)

Heather Has Two Mommies

by Leslea Newman (Author) and Laura Cornell (Illustrator)

Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses

by Randy Rainbow (Author) and Jaime MacGibbon (Illustrator)

Born Ready: The True Story of A Boy Named Penelope

by Jodie Patterson (Author) and Charnelle Pinkney Barlow

Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and The Rainbow Flag

by Rob Sanderes (Author) and Stephen Salerno (Illustrator)

Ritu Weds Chandni

by Ameya Narvankar (Author)

When We Love Someone We Sing To Them

by Ernesto Javier Martinez (Author) and Maya Christina Gonzalez (Illustrator)

From Archie to Zack

by Vincent X. Kirsch (Author)

Stonewall: A Building, An Uprising, A Revolution

by Rob Saunders (Author) and Jamey Christoph (Illustrator)

Antonio's Card/La tarjeta de Antonio

by Rigoberto Gonzalez (Author) and Cecilia Alvarez (Illustrator)

Sylvia and Marsh Start A Revolution

by Joy Michael Ellison (Author) and Teshika Silver (Illustrator)

The Tea Dragon Society

by K. O'Neill (Author and Illustrator)

Rainbow Revolutionaries: Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History

by Sarah Prager (Author) and Sarah Papworth (Illustrator)

King and the Dragonflies

by Kacen Callender (Author)

High Five for Glenn Burke

by Phil Bildner (Author)

The Insiders

by Mark Oshiro (Author)

Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: The Extraordinary Life of James Baldwin from a Harlem Boy to a Legendary Writer and Civil Rights Advocate

by Michael Meadows (Author) and Jamiel Law (Illustrator)

Felix Ever After

by Kacen Callender (Author)

The Henna Wars

by Adiba Jaigirda (Author)

Fifteen Hundered Miles from the Sun: A Novel

by Jonny Garza Villa (Author)

Black Boy Out of Time

by Hari Ziyad (Author)

Juliet Takes a Breath

by Gabby Rivera (Author)

The books listed above are ordered from very young children, to teens and young adults. As a therapist of almost 20 years, it has been wonderful to see new authors share their stories and voices each year. I acknowledge the importance of feeling represented in media, and hope that more stories continue to be told, to help those we love feel seen and understood.

Dr. Sarah

“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing we’ll ever do.” — Brené Brown, “The Gifts of Imperfection”