2022-2023 Book Launch!
Kit Ballenger
Just-sharpened pencils, a fresh haircut, first day jitters – the start of a new school year can bring with it all sorts of excitement. Over here at Pride and Less Prejudice, we’re thrilled that the start of another school year brings with it a new collection of LGBTQ+ children’s books we’ll be sending out in bundles to PreK - 3rd grade classrooms across the U.S. and Canada. The 2022-2023 Book Bundles, which are available for free by request through our online form, include these seventeen selections for young readers that represent a wide range of identities and authentic experiences. Over the coming months we’ll feature read-alouds by many of these authors and illustrators and, as always, Teaching Guides are available on our website to enhance your classroom use of these books.
We are thrilled to bring you the following books during the 2022-2023 school year:
Aaron Slater Illustrator / Aaron Soñador, Ilustrador, by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Calvin, by JR Ford, Vanessa Ford, and Kayla Harren
I Love You Because I Love You, by Muon Thi Van and Jessica Love
If You’re a Kid Like Gavin, by Gavin Grimm, Kyle Lukoff, and J Yang
Jacob’s School Play Starring He, She and They, by Ian Hoffman, Sarah Hoffman, and Chris Case
Kapaemahu, by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, and Daniel Sousa
Kind Like Marsha, by Sarah Prager and Cheryl Thuesday
Love, Violet, by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, by Nina LaCour and Kaylani Juanita
Mr. Watson’s Chickens, by Jarrett Dapier and Andrea Tsurumi
My Sister Daisy, by Adria Karlsson and Linus Curci
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights, by Rob Sanders and Jared Andrew Schorr
Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes, by Elise Gravel
The Sublime Ms. Stacks, by Robb Pearlman and Dani Jones
Téo’s Tutu, by Maryann Jacob Macias and Alea Marley
Twas the Night Before Pride/La víspera de Orgullo, by Joanna McClintock and Juana Medina (Tr. by David Bowles)
A Whale of a Tea Party, by Erica S. Perl and Sam Ailey
If you just can’t wait to get reading and would like to purchase these books for your personal use, you can find them all listed on Pride and Less Prejudice’s Bookshop page. Purchases of these – or any other book – through our affiliate Bookshop storefront will automatically send a small donation to PLP, at no extra cost to you, which just means we can send more books to reach more kids in more classrooms!
Now that we have the books covered, you can focus on finding the perfect first-day outfit. Happy back-to-school!
