Our Read Woke challenge on homewood.beanstack.org is going strong this month! To celebrate LGBT History Month we are highlighting some of our favorite Kid Lit titles that can help with the LGBTQ+ badge on Beanstack.


Daddy, Papa, and me 
/ by Leslea Newman ; illustrated by Carol Thompson
– Board Book

Pride 1 2 3/ by Joosten, Michael – Board Book

Uncle Bobby’s wedding / words, Sarah S. Brannen ; pictures, Lucia Soto – Book

The hips on the drag queen go swish, swish, swish / by Lil Miss Hot Mess ; illustrated by Olga de Dios – Book

This day in June / by Gayle E. Pitman ; illustrated by Kristyna Litten – Book

Rainbow : a first book of pride / by Michael Genhart, PhD ; illustrated by Anne Passchier – Book

Plenty of hugs / by Fran Manushkin ; illustrated by Kate Alizadeh – Book

Papa, Daddy, and Riley / by Seamus Kirst ; illustrated by Devon Holzwarth – Book

The best man / Richard Peck – Book

Dear Sweet Pea / Julie Murphy – Ebook

Dear Sweet Pea / Julie Murphy – Book

Alan Cole doesn’t dance / Eric Bell – Book

The misadventures of the family Fletcher / Dana Levy – Book

Be amazing : a history of pride / by Desmond Is Amazing ; pictures by Dylan Glynn – Book

Keith Haring : the boy who just kept drawing / Kay Haring ; Illustrated by Robert Neubecker – Book

Who was Harvey Milk? / by Corinne Grinapol ; illustrated by Greg Copeland – Ebook

Who was Harvey Milk? / by Corinne Grinapol ; illustrated by Greg Copeland – Book

The gay rights movement / Eric Braun – Ebook

The gay rights movement / Eric Braun – Book

Rainbow revolutionaries : Fifty LGBTQ+ People Who Made History / Sarah Prager – Downloadable Audiobook

Rainbow revolutionaries : 50 LGBTQ+ people who made history / Sarah Prager ; illustrated by Sarah Papworth – Book

Queer heroes / written by Arabelle Sicardi ; illustrated by Sarah Tanat-Jones – Book

The Fighting Infantryman: The Story of Albert D. J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier / by Sanders, Rob – Book