2024-2025 Book Launch
2024-2025 Book Launch
It’s that time again! With the back-to-school month of August comes PLP’s new booklist. This year, we are offering 16 books. These 16 include 5 “returning” favorites: one from each of PLP’s 5 years, in honor of our 5 year anniversary. All of this year’s books provide wonderful representation of diverse identities and experiences and have beautiful stories, messages, and illustrations. The list, which includes both fiction and nonfiction, Spanish books, and a graphic early reader book, will serve students in preschool to third grade classrooms.
If you are an educator (including school counselors and school librarians) in a preschool through third grade class, and you’d like to request books, feel free to visit our request page. If you would like support in using and incorporating these books into your classroom, we have plenty of practical resources for you. We offer teaching guides, interactive read-aloud guides, author read alouds, and “Meet the Author” interviews. You can also check our events page to stay up to date with free professional development workshops. Our next workshop is in honor of LGBTQ+ History Month - look for this announcement in our September 1st newsletter!
Without further ado, here is the Pride and Less Prejudice 2024-2025 booklist:
Circle of Love
Written by Monique Gray Smith
Illustrated by Nicole Neidhardt
Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five
Written by Phil Bildner
Illustrated by Daniel J. O’Brien
Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!: What Are Your Pronouns Today?
Written by Lindz Amer
Illustrated by Kip Alizadeh
How Are You, Verity?
Written by Meghan Wilson Duff
Illustrated by Taylor Barron
Joyful Song
Written by Lesléa Newman
Illustrated by Susan Gal
Marley’s Pride
Written by Joëlle Retener
Illustrated by DeeAnn Wiley
The Apartment House on Poppy Hill
Written by Nina LaCour
Illustrated by Sònia Albert
Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ+ Heroes
Written by Rob Sanders
Illustrated by Harry Woodgate
Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends
Written and Illustrated by Kaz Windness
I Love my Colorful Nails / ¡VIVAN LAS UÑAS DE COLORES!
Written by Alicia Acosta
Illustrated by Gusti
Jacob’s Missing Book
Written by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
Illustrated by Chris Case
And Tango Makes Three
Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
Illustrated by Henry Cole
A Plan for Pops
Written by Heather Smith
Illustrated by Brooke Kerrigan
Sam is My Sister
Written by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Illustrated by MacKenzie Haley
Calvin
Written by JR and Vanessa Ford
Illustrated by Kayla Harren
Desert Queen
Written by Jyoti Gopal
Illustrated by Svabhu Kohli
Jacob’s Missing Book
Written by Sarah and Ian Hoffman
Illustrated by Chris Case
