12 books by LGBTQ writers for young readers

June is Pride Month. Encourage your young ones to celebrate by picking up a YA, middle grade or picture book by a LGBTQ writer.

• Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard
• The Way Back Home by Allan Stratton
• Watching Traffic by Jane Ozkowski

• Promised Land by Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds
• ​The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
• ​The Lotterys Plus One by Emma Donoghue, illustrated by Caroline Hadilaksono

• 10 Things I Can See From Here by Carrie Mac
• A Day of Signs and Wonders by Kit Pearson
• The Goat by Anne Fleming

• Big Bob, Little Bob by James Howe
• The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya
• The Alphabet Thief by Bill Richardson