King and King
10 best books like King and King (Linda de Haan): In Our Mothers' House, And Tango Makes Three, This Day in June, The Arizona Kid, It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families, I Am Jazz, 10,000 Dresses, My Princess Boy, Jacob's New Dress, The Sissy Duckling
Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house, they cook dinner together, they laugh together, and they dance together. But some of the other families don't accept them. They say they are different. How can a family have two moms and no dad? But Marmee...
| Author | Justin Richardson |
| ISBN | 0689878451 |
This true story about two penguins who live in the Central Park Zoo has been creating quite a controversy. I heard about the book this morning on The View (yes, I do inevitably end up watching four women squabbling on tv when I don't have to work, and controversies like this are the reason I keep going back!)....
Named one of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 by American Library Association (joined by Two Boys Kissing by David Leviathan, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Judy Sherman Alexie, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay...
| Author | Ron Koertge |
| ISBN | 0763626953 |
A trip out West to work at a racetrack — and a sojourn with a sophisticated gay uncle — bring unexpected discoveries in this quick-witted coming-of-age novel by the author of STONER & SPAZ and MARGAUX WITH AN X.
I was in the West. The Old West. The Wild West! A whole summer in a new place:...
| Author | Robie H. Harris |
| ISBN | 0763613215 |
It's So Amazing! was created in response to repeated requests from parents, teachers, librarians, and health professionals for an up-to-date book about sex and sexuality for children who were still too young for It's Perfectly Normal. Once again, the Bird and Bee are up to their antics, but this time...
| Author | Jessica Herthel |
| ISBN | 0803741073 |
The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.
From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel...
| Author | Marcus Ewert |
| ISBN | 1583228500 |
Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows… Unfortunately, when Bailey's awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary: "You're a BOY!" Mother and Father tell Bailey....
| Author | Cheryl Kilodavis |
| ISBN | 0615395945 |
My Princess Boy is a nonfiction picture book about acceptance. With words and illustrations even the youngest of children can understand, My Princess Boy tells the tale of 4-year-old boy who happily expresses his authentic self by happily dressing up in dresses, and enjoying traditional girl things...
| Author | Sarah Hoffman |
| ISBN | 0807563730 |
Jacob doesn't understand why he can't wear a dress to school. "Boys don't wear dresses," one of the other boys tells him. But his mom, his teacher, and his friend Emily support his efforts to find the perfect dress to wear to school.
This book is a perfect book whether you know a "pink" boy (the male...
| Author | Harvey Fierstein |
| ISBN | 1416903135 |
The Barnes & Noble Review
Let's just say that Elmer's not your run-of-the-mill duck. He likes to decorate cookies, enjoys building sand castles instead of forts, and would rather put on puppet shows than play sports. Being different is fine for sweet Elmer—he's as happy as a duck in water...
| Author | Tomie dePaola |
| ISBN | 0156681404 |
Oliver likes to partake in activities that the other boys don't like to do. His parents decide that he needs to get some type of exercise, so Oliver decides that he wants to take dance classes. He really likes it, but the boys at school tease him for it; they tease him even more when some female classmates...
| Author | Todd Parr |
| ISBN | 0316155632 |
I would not read this to children, even though the message is sweet (understanding of differences and the positive attributes of families), because of issues with racism.
The illustrations employ depictions of animals and humans of unnatural (purple, green, pink, bright yellow) colors...
| Author | Nancy Garden |
| ISBN | 0374350027 |
What makes a family?
The members of Ms. Marston's kindergarten class are cleaning and decorating their room for the upcoming Open School Night. Molly and Tommy work on drawing pictures to put on the walls. Molly draws her family: Mommy, Mama Lu, and her puppy, Sam. But when Tommy looks at her...
| Author | Lesléa Newman |
| ISBN | 1582462631 |
Not so long ago, we heard about Peter Parnell’s controversial children’s book And Tango Makes Three, a true story about a pair of male Penguins in Central Park Zoo raising a chick. In its wake, many other gay-centric picture books were drawn and penned. Writer Leslea Newman and illustrator Carol...
| Author | Michael Willhoite |
| ISBN | 1555831184 |
this book is FAIL.
well, let me clarify: this part is GREAT: "Mom says Daddy and Frank are gay./At first I didn't know what that meant. So she explained it./Being gay is just one more kind of love./ And love is the best kind of happiness." Lovely, appropriate, true.
but the illustrations...
Los Mejores Colores/Best Best Colors (Anti-Bias Books for Kids)
| Author | Eric Hoffman |
| ISBN | 1884834698 |
Best, Best Colors is a story about a boy named Nate who is fascinated with all of the colors in the rainbow. One of his mothers’ are Caucasian and the other is African American as well as Nate. Throughout the story different things that he finds or receives that is a certain color he labels as his best, best...
| Author | Jennifer Bryan |
| ISBN | 0967446864 |
This bedtime story about bedtime stories shows how a lively, curious boy helps one of his moms create a magical tale. Together they weave a nighttime adventures that lands young Noah and his singing cat Diva deep in dragon territory. Join them as they make an unexpected discovery and help a new friend...
| Author | Sarah S. Brannen |
| ISBN | 0399247122 |
Bobby and Jamie are getting married, but Bobby's niece Chloe is worried that she won't be his favorite person anymore. Will Uncle Bobby still think she is special? Sarah Brannen's warm story is set in an alternative family as Uncle Bobby marries his boyfriend. Uncle Bobby's Wedding embraces Bobby's...
| Author | Vanita Oelschlager |
| ISBN | 0981971466 |
A Tale of Two Daddies is a playground conversation between two children. The boy says he heard that the girl has two dads. The girl says that is right--she has Daddy and Poppa. True to a child’s curiosity, practical questions follow: "Which dad helps when your team needs a coach? / Which dad cooks you...
| Author | Jennifer Carr |
| ISBN | 1452087253 |
Nick was born in a boy's body, but has always felt like a girl inside. Nick's family supports him when he says he no longer wants to be called a boy or dress like a boy; "Always remember to be who you are Nick. Remember that we love you, and we are so proud of you." (p. 17). Nick's parents find a group for families...
| Author | Bette Greene |
| ISBN | 0440226953 |
Hate. It's the farthest feeling from sixteen-year-old Carla Wayland's mind. She can't believe people would persecute others just because they are different. But she isn't about to worry about the injustice surrounding her because she's in love with handsome and popular Andy Harris. Although raised...
