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You Belong Book Project – June Book List

June is Pride Month!

To kick off Pride Month we were joined by local author and illustrator Taylor White, who read her book Olive’s Plan.

Other Pride readings include:

  • Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman; Illustrated by Eda Kaban read by David Comstock
  • Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour; illustrated by Kaylani Juanita read by Katie Campos
  • From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom; Illustrated by Wai-Yant Li and Kai Yun Ching read by Shaun Doyle 

Watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time

Book List for Pride Month:

Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Pride Month. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list.  Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month’s You Belong Book Project Story Time.

You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.

  • And Tango Makes Three (Board Book) by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell; Illustrated by Henry Cole
  • Daddy, Papa, and Me by Leslea Newman; illustrated by Carol Thompson
  • Federico and All His Families by Mili Hernández; illustrated by ​​Gómez
  • From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom; Illustrated by Wai-Yant Li and Kai Yun Ching
  • Heather has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman; illustrated by Laura Cornell
  • It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn; Illustrated by Noah Grigni
  • Love Makes a Family by Sopie Beer
  • Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour; illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
  • Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino; Illustrated by Isabelle Malanfent
  • Olive’s Plan by Taylor White *
  • Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman; Illustrated by Eda Kaban
  • Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders; Illustrated by Steven Salerno
  • Pride Colors (Board Book) by Robin Stevenson
  • Pride Puppy! by Robin Stevenson; Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin
  • Rainbow: A First Book of Pride by Michael Genhart; Illustrated by Anne Passchier
  • Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
  • What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke; Illustrated by Anne Passchier

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