Reading Outside the Gender Binary - hosted by dytiscusfriend

A picture book or children's lit
It can be really healing and powerful to share stories by and about people outside the gender binary with kiddos. Even if there isn't a little one in your life, experience a book intended for young audiences with the awe and wonder of reading to your own inner bitty tyke.
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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

66 pages • first pub 1964 (editions) user-added

fiction childrens classics emotional reflective sad fast-paced
ABC of Gender Identity by Devika Dalal

ABC of Gender Identity

Devika Dalal

64 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction childrens lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced
What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns by Katherine Locke

What Are Your Words?: A Book about Pronouns

Katherine Locke

40 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction childrens gender lgbtqia+ emotional reflective medium-paced
Melissa by Alex Gino

Melissa

Alex Gino

213 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
The Pants Project by Cat Clarke

The Pants Project

Cat Clarke

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ middle grade reflective fast-paced
Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy by Brian Wolf, Joamette Gil, Corey Ranson, Z. Akhmetova, Maria Li, ABV/Super, Juliette G.M.M. Lopez, Chlove, Shaina Lu, Rii Abrego, Mar Julia, Sunmi, Chan Chau, Lee Lai, Ashanti Fortson, Sunny Ôchumuk, Emily Madly, Polly Guo, sj Miller, Raven "raveyrai" White, Diigii Daguna, Ezra Rose, Jey Barnes, Ver, Orion, Cori Walters, Xanthe Bouma, Vivian Ho, Rhiannon Rasmussen

Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy

Brian Wolf, Joamette Gil, Corey Ranson, Z. Akhmetova, Maria Li, ABV/Super, Juliette G.M.M. Lopez, Chlove, Shaina Lu, Rii Abrego, Mar Julia, Sunmi, Chan Chau, Lee Lai, Ashanti Fortson, Sunny Ôchumuk, Emily Madly, Polly Guo, sj Miller, Raven "raveyrai" White, Diigii Daguna, Ezra Rose, Jey Barnes, Ver, Orion, Cori Walters, Xanthe Bouma, Vivian Ho, Rhiannon Rasmussen

282 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction comics fantasy adventurous medium-paced
On the Trapline by David A. Robertson

On the Trapline

David A. Robertson

48 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction childrens lighthearted slow-paced
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson

When We Were Alone

David A. Robertson

25 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction childrens historical challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson

The Barren Grounds

The Misewa Saga #1

David A. Robertson

247 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous emotional medium-paced
Fox on the Ice / Maageesees Maskwameek Kaapit by Brian Deines, Tomson Highway

Fox on the Ice / Maageesees Maskwameek Kaapit

Songs of the North Wind

Brian Deines, Tomson Highway

32 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction childrens emotional medium-paced