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Peyton loves to dance, and especially at pow wow, but her Auntie notices that she's been dancing less and less. When Peyton shares that she just can't be comfortable wearing a dress anymore, Auntie Eyota asks some friends for help to get Peyton what she needs.

47,000 Beads

The first book in a graphic novel series. Follow the adventures of a group of kids who create costumes from cardboard and use their imagination to become knights, robots and monsters.

The Cardboard Kingdom

Tehzeeb loves mehndi, the art of decorating the skin with henna paste, but his uncle tells him it isn't for boys. Can Tehzeeb find the courage to be his true creative self?

Mehndi Boy

Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? This heartwarming and relatable family story celebrates drag queens, reading and self-acceptance.

Miss Rita, Mystery Reader

A dedicated mom puts love into action as she creates the perfect rainbow-coloured wig for her transgender daughter. Based on the real-life experience of mother-daughter advocate duo Trinity and DeShanna Neal.

My Rainbow

Phoenix enjoys dancing and playing with dolls, and his family loves and accepts him. An affirming story about embracing who you are.

Phoenix Gets Greater

Téo loves to dance, whether it's the cumbia with Papí, the bhangra with Amma, or ballet class with Miss Lila. He also loves wearing his sparkly tutu.

Téo's Tutu

After his classmates deem his sparkly necklace too much, Angus is upset and accidently breaks it but his friend Melody encourages him to make a new necklace with her help and wear it proudly.

Angus All Aglow

Bold illustrations show all the ways to express who we are and to celebrate each others differences including being silly, showing feelings and standing up for ourselves.

Be Who You Are

When a boy questions his Ammi about the red dot on her forehead, she encourages him to wear his own bindi and express his gender fluid identity.

The Boy and the Bindi

Felix loves his new red pleated skirt but his classmates tease him making him want to leave school until his father buys his own skirt and joins his son wearing it to school.

Felix's New Skirt

When their fellow classmates question Miu Lan, who can shapeshift into different creatures, about their gender their mother’s love helps them to understand they can inspire others.

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

Despite the idea that boys don’t wear purses, Charlie is proud of his and inspires his father, classmates and his flamboyant crossing guard to express themselves uniquely and proudly.

I Love My Purse

A young girl’s shenanigans lead amused onlookers to mistake her for a boy. Undeterred, she continues doing whatever activities make her happy, all the while proclaiming “I’m a girl!”

I’m a Girl!

Bold illustrations and relatable text demonstrate that we’re all different in some very ordinary ways and the importance of acting kind to yourself and others.

It’s Okay to be Different

Sophie and Jacob are often bullied when trying to use the bathroom. A teacher steps in to teach the class to challenge binary gender norms, creating an inclusive environment for everyone.

Jacob's Room to Choose

Inspired by women dressed as mermaids for Carnival, Julian transforms household items into costume and with the help of his Abuela attends the parade as a glorious mermaid himself.

Julian is a Mermaid

Young entrepreneur Mikey Pruitt learns to navigate being gay in middle school with the help of drag queen Coco Caliente, an eighth grader who hires Mikey as a talent agent.

Middle School's a Drag

All colours are for everyone – all girls and boys – in this vibrant story that celebrates diversity and empowers children to choose the colours that spark joy for them despite stereotypical gender roles.

Pink is for Boys

Jessie’s parents and abuelita accept his love of everything glittery and sparkly but his sister Casey doesn’t agree. But when Jessie is bullied, Casey defends her brother’s unique way of expressing himself.

Sparkle Boy

When Teddy breaks his favourite action doll, Mom tosses it into the garbage, but after school an upset Teddy can’t find Bren-Da prompting Mom to think quickly to rescue her.

Teddy’s Favorite Toy

Gender Creativity

Calvin is nervous about going back to school. But his family loves and accepts him. They go shopping together for new clothes and a new haircut that helps Calvin look and feel like the boy he's always known himself to be.

Calvin

In this fantasy adventure, noble-born twins flee their home and go into hiding. They disguise themselves as girls and join a magical order of priestesses, planning to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke wants to return to his old life, Grayce realizes she wants to stay in the one place that will allow her to finally live as a girl.

The Deep & Dark Blue

When Annabelle learns that her father shares something big and surprising in common with her new non-binary friend, she begins to see herself, and her family, in a whole new light.

Different Kinds of Fruit

Green is a non-binary kid who's looking forward to the middle school production of The Wizard of Oz. Although they aren't cast in the play, Green decides to join the stage crew when their crush Ronnie signs up.

Green

When you’re a kid like Gavin Grimm, you know the only choice you have is to fight back. This is the true story of how a trans boy fought for the right to use the boys' bathroom at his school, facing bullying and discrimination.

If You're a Kid Like Gavin

Jude is a nonbinary kid struggling with their ADHD and coming out to their grandparents. They're determined to start a Diversity Club, but will they be able to find support to make it happen in their community?

Jude Saves the World

Linus tries to adjust to life at a new school as a recently out trans boy. He's got a lot to deal with, including a grandma who misgenders him, and a new best friend who convinces him to run for president of the student council.

Linus and Etta Could Use a Win

In this warm and heartfelt picture book, Evelyn connects in new ways with her older sibling Tessa. She learns how to see Tessa as a non-binary person, and shows the rest of the family how to use the right pronouns.

Still My Tessa

Bug's best friend wants to get a makeover before middle school begins, not knowing that Bug is figuring out what it means to be trans. On top of that, there's also the matter of a ghost haunting Bug's eerie old house!

Too Bright to See

As they walk to the community summer party, Ari introduces Uncle Lior to all the people in the neighbourhood. A great way to learn about pronouns!

What Are Your Words?

Appealing illustrations and read-aloud language help young readers understand the diversity of bodies and the range of gender in all its complexities breaking down the traditional boy/girl binary.

Gender Wheel: A Story about Bodies and Gender for Every Body

Introverted Grayson tries to remain unnoticed at school afraid to reveal that she is a trans girl but an unexpected friendship and support from a caring teacher give her the courage to live her truth.

Gracefully Grayson

Based on the life of trans advocate Jazz Jennings, this picture book biography shows how Jazz came to understand her true self and how her parents supported her through her transition.

I Am Jazz

When a girl, who is sometimes mistaken for a boy, meets a boy who likes wearing princess dresses and playing with dolls, a wonderful friendship is born.

I'm a Girl

In this accessible introduction to gender transition, Errol’s teddy Thomas finds the courage to reveal to his friend he has always known that he is a girl teddy, not a boy.

Introducing Teddy: A Gentle Story About Gender and Friendship

A tender and straightforward exploration of inclusive words to describe our beautiful range of gender identities.

It Feels Good to be Yourself

As Jackie grows up she realizes she would rather be called Jack and wear what feels right and while big sister Susan isn’t happy about this at first, she comes to accept her brother for who he truly is.

Jack (Not Jackie)

Worried about revealing that she is a trans girl, Melissa wants to play Charlotte in her school's production of Charlotte's Web. But her teacher doesn't understand because she sees Melissa as a boy.

Melissa

Caz loves baseball and is on a winning team but when a player on a rival team threatens to reveal that Caz used to live as a girl, Caz worries if he’ll be supported by his teammates.

My Life as a Diamond

At a new school, Shane feels he can be himself, a trans boy who loves baseball and creating comics but when a classmate reveals his secret, support comes from surprising places.

The Other Boy

Scared to wear her dress to school, Phoenix is relieved when the question of being a boy or girl is only matter of fact. Includes talking points and guidance for grown-ups and kids.

Phoenix Goes to School: a Story to Support Transgender and Gender Diverse Children

Worried about telling her friends about her gender transition, Jamie chooses to be a daring princess in their game of make-believe game and realizes that her friends love her no matter what she is.

A Princess of Great Daring

Pronouns are as easy as A-B-C with bold illustrations and playful text. Perfect for read-aloud.

They, She, He, Easy as ABC

This practical book breaks down transphobia including identifying hate speech, looking at personal gender expression and handling bullying through comic panels, mini-quizzes, and true stories.

Transphobia: Deal with it and be a Gender Transcender

After Aidan reveals he is a trans boy, his parents adjust with help from families of transgender kids but when they announce a new baby, Aidan must adjust to the idea of being a big brother.

When Aidan Became a Brother

Starting a new life living with her aunts, Zenobia looks forward to living her life as the computer savvy girl she knows she is and stumbles upon a mystery she knows she can solve.

Zenobia July

Gender Identity

It's always been Sofia and her two dads, and now baby Oliver will be here soon. Sofia writes her new sibling a letter expressing her anticipation, worries, excitement and love.

All Our Love

Families can come in all shapes and sizes, and each one shares a love that they grow together. Families can cook together, read together, and dance together. Families can be very big, or very small. Fay and Fluffy explore the many ways we can be a family!

The Fabulous Book about Families

Jolene is headed to Los Angeles on a road trip with her dad. Just like last year, they tell each other stories and listen to music. But this year is also different, because Jolene's parents are no longer together.

Genius Jolene

When Milly discovers an old Pride flag in her grandfather's attic, she gets inspired to organize the very first Pride celebration in his village.&nbsp;

Grandad's Pride

Henry is having a hard time at school and feels different from everyone else. But with the help of his gay uncle, Henry learns the importance of staying true to yourself.&nbsp;

My Guncle and Me

A child celebrates her Maddy, who is neither mommy nor daddy, but a little bit of both - something in between and entirely their own!

My Maddy

Perfect for reading aloud, this picture book features two moms sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.

My Moms Love Me

There's the basketball championship game coming up, but Jordie's life is turned upside down when his parents separate and his dad announces he's gay.

On the Line

A rhyming and rainbow-splashed alphabet book about a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade. Luckily, there are lots of people around to help reunite the pup with his humans!

Pride Puppy!

Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu's wedding. She can't wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy about Ritu and Chandni getting married. Will Ayesha be able to save her cousin's big day?

Ritu Weds Chandni

This inclusive alphabet book includes families of all kinds including two moms, two dads, disabled parents, as well as gender non-conforming and multicultural families.

ABC: A Family Alphabet

Based on a true story set in New York City's Central Park Zoo, two male penguins, Roy and Silo, nurture an egg that hatches into a penguin named Tango.

And Tango Makes Three

Join a diverse community of families and individuals on a Sunday morning as they attend a church that welcomes all people despite age, race, gender identity and sexual orientation.

A Church for All

While adjusting to life in a new city, Neil searches for his father but his mother refuses to tell him the truth about the father he never met, along with her own secret about her gender identity.

The Disappearing Boy

A teacher explores with her class different kinds of families - families made up of two moms, two dads, grandparents and foster parents – and celebrates the love in every single one of them.

A Family is a Family is a Family

Bright illustrations and simple text explore how families are different using human, animal and even fun alien characters reaffirming that families make us strong.

The Family Book

On the morning of her dress-up birthday party, Harriet and her dads set off to complete some last minute errands only to be carried away – literally - on a northern adventure with a group of penguins.

Harriet Gets Carried Away

Heather reveals she has two moms and inspires the kids in her class to draw pictures of their own diverse families.

Heather has Two Mommies

While trying to understand the world through her father’s eyes, Fig navigates the growing relationship between her father and a neighbour and her own feelings for a girl.

Hurricane Season

Before bedtime, a little girl asks her mother questions about the families she sees, which all look different from her own. A beautifully diverse look at what it means to be a family.

I Promise

A young girl celebrates her family made up of two moms and two other adopted siblings through everyday life and organizing a neighbourhood festival that brings families together in joy and love.

In Our Mothers’ House

Sumac lives in a giant Victorian house with her two pairs of same-sex parents and her six siblings, but when her lost grandfather come to live with them everything changes.

The Lotterys Plus One

Too excited to sleep, anticipating the birth of her baby sister, Carter asks her gay uncle to tell soothing stories based on memories represented by beads and string woven through his dreadlock hair.

Love is in the Hair

A boy shares with a friend about being bullied for having two dads and realizes that their love is the same kind of love his friend’s mom and dad share. Includes a note for parents and discussion questions.

Love is Love

Set in Pakistan, Ahmed discovers that the love that his uncle (Chacha) has for his boyfriend is the same kind of love that his mom and dad have for one another.

My Chacha is Gay

When his fathers’ newspaper starts going missing every morning, Anthony scours his apartment building for clues and interviewing tenants to try and find the thieves.

The Newspaper Pirates

Lou loves spending Saturdays with his granddads – building things with Grandad and listening to Pops’ stories. But when Pops has a terrible fall, Lou and Grandad have a plan to cheer up Pops.

A Plan For Pops

Sapphire the hamster searches for meaning just when her adoptive family needs to find their way to a new reality and acceptance.

Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life

When her teacher tells her students they will be having a Mother’s Day celebration, Stella worries she can’t participate because she has two dads.

Stella Brings the Family

Lyrical text reflects a day of beachcombing for this queer, biracial family and their two kids. Together, they discover the tiny treasures of the beach and share the big wonderous love of family, friends, and belonging.

These are the things we found by the sea

Told from the perspective of an adopted child, this rhyming tale highlights the many benefits of being adopted by two loving dads including having two dads to tuck you in at night.

Two Dads

Chloe wants to impress her two dads with her ballerina princess art and wants it to be perfect but she learns that real princesses aren’t perfect and what’s inside is more important than a sparkly dress.

What Does a Princess Really Look Like?

A simply worded, easy to read book about the reproductive organs and the making, growing, and birth of a baby. With colourful pages and a storybook sentence structure, this book is great choice for younger children.

What Makes a Baby?

Two worms fall in love and decide to get married but they are asked who will be the bride and who will be the groom – the answer is both!

Worm Loves Worm

2SLGBTQ+ Families

A new foster home, a new school, and a first-time crush—it's a lot all at once! But if anyone can handle life's twists and turns (and a modern day graphic novel retelling of a classic story), it's Anne Shirley!

Anne: An Adaptation of Anne of Green Gables (Sort Of)

A class trip to Spain doesn't go as planned when Ellen and her best friend are on different teams for a scavenger hunt.&nbsp;

Ellen Outside the Lines

Non-binary tween Zed and their friends embark on a road trip, following cryptic clues to find a mysterious book.

The Fabulous Zed Watson!

In this novel in verse for middle grade readers, a boy struggles with self-esteem and coming out to those he loves.

Like a Hurricane

The year is 2130. Non-binary siblings Yren and Augi struggle with strange new powers and the loss of their parents in this science fiction adventure.

Metatron's Children

Anishinaabe folklore meets Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in this graphic novel that explores bullying and gender.

Rabbit Chase

From first crushes to the perils of puberty, surviving junior high is something twin sisters Tegan and Sara plan to face side by side. But growing up also means growing apart in this graphic novel, as they make different friends and take separate paths to understanding their queerness.&nbsp;

Tegan and Sara: Junior High

Birdie loves books and nature, but more than anything she longs to be understood. At school, she feels like an outsider. That all changes when she finds a special connection with the new girl Sunny.

The Wishing Flower

Alan identifies as gay and isn’t ready to come out but when his brother discovers his secret he challenges Alan to complete seven impossible tasks or threatens to out him to the entire school.

Alan Cole is Not a Coward

When Jory has trouble fitting in his new all-boys private school, he is taken in by a misfit stage crew who introduce him to a strange magical world behind the curtain.

The Backstagers Volume 1 & 2

With Broadway dreams, Nate plans an overnight escape to New York City to audition for a musical and discovers a new world that feels strangely like home to him.

Better Nate Than Ever

Cedric has fought dragons and rescued damsels in distress, but does he have the courage to follow his heart and choose his own true fairy tale ending?

The Bravest Knight Who Ever Lived

Working as set designer for her school’s annual play, Callie rides an emotional roller coaster when she meets two twin boys who are both figuring out who they really are.

Drama

Middle-grade novel about Kingston, whose brother has died and who accidentally outs his best friend as gay. He's forced to confront questions about acceptance, love, and grief.

King and the Dragonflies

Evelyn befriends Queen, the new boy in town, who is not fazed by bullies and lives by his own rules, and soon Evelyn learns new things about the world and herself.