{"id":20157,"date":"2021-06-05T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T00:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/?p=20157"},"modified":"2021-06-13T12:30:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T16:30:58","slug":"pride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pride\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since California became the first state to require the teaching of LGBTQ history in 2011, increasing numbers of books and resources have become available for parents and teachers. (From <em>Time<\/em>, see <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5747670\/lgbtq-history-resources\/\">As More States Require Schools to Teach LGBTQ History, Resources for Teachers Expand<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>For a hyperlinked list of curriculum guides, lesson plans, primary sources, and books, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqhistory.org\/lgbtq-educational-resources\/\">Teaching LGBTQ History<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facinghistory.org\/educator-resources\/current-events\/lgbtq-history-and-why-it-matters\">LGBTQ History and Why It Matters<\/a> is a comprehensive lesson with discussion questions and activities for middle-grade- and high-school-level students. Essential question: How can the way that history is taught and remembered create or reinforce \u201cin\u201d groups and \u201cout\u201d groups in a society?<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9713794d38\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e9713794d38\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pride\/#All_Kinds_of_Families\" >All Kinds of Families<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pride\/2\/#Free_to_Be_Me\" >Free to Be Me<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pride\/3\/#Trans_Kids\" >Trans Kids<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/pride\/3\/#LGTBQ_History\" >LGTBQ History<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4 id=\"block-99bf7974-a979-4668-8e1b-54579a183102\" class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected rich-text\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Block: Heading\" data-block=\"99bf7974-a979-4668-8e1b-54579a183102\" data-type=\"core\/heading\" data-title=\"Heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"All_Kinds_of_Families\"><\/span>All Kinds of Families<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/love-makes-a-family-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/love-makes-a-family-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/love-makes-a-family-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/love-makes-a-family.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>Sophie Beer\u2019s <em>Love Makes a Family<\/em> (Dial, 2018) lists many definitions of love \u2013 \u201cLove is baking a special cake.\u201d \u201cLove is finding the biggest puddle.\u201d \u2013 each colorfully illustrated with a different family, some with two mothers, two fathers, just one parents, or one of each. For ages 2-4.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heather-has-two-mommies-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heather-has-two-mommies-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/heather-has-two-mommies.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Leslea Newman\u2019s <em>Heather Has Two Mommies<\/em> (Candlewick, 2016), Heather\u2019s favorite number is two \u2013 after all she has two hands, two feet, two purple cowboy boots, and two mommies, Kate, a doctor, and Jane, a carpenter. When she starts school, she discovers that \u2013 unlike many of her classmates &#8211; she doesn\u2019t have a daddy. With the help of a thoughtful teacher, however, Heather soon learns that there are many different kinds of families \u2013 and the important thing about families is that they love each other. For ages 3-7.<\/p>\n<p>Also by Newman for the same age group, see <em>Mommy, Mama, and Me<\/em> (Tricycle Press, 2008) and <em>Daddy, Papa, and Me<\/em> (Tricycle Press, 2008).<\/p>\n<p>For more on Heather Has Two Mommies and LGTBQ books for children, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/17\/parenting\/heather-two-mommies.html\">this article<\/a> from the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20174\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/donovansbigday-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/donovansbigday-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/donovansbigday.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Leslea Newman\u2019s <em>Donovan\u2019s Big Day<\/em> (Tricycle Press, 2011), Donovan\u2019s two moms are getting married \u2013 and he\u2019s going to be the ring bearer. For ages 3-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stella-brings-family-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stella-brings-family-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stella-brings-family-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/stella-brings-family.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Miriam B. Schiffer\u2019s <em>Stella Brings the Family<\/em> (Chronicle Books, 2015), Stella\u2019s class is celebrating Mother\u2019s Day \u2013 but Stella doesn\u2019t have a mom. Instead she has two dads. But Stella comes up with the perfect solution. For ages 4-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three-768x573.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three-1536x1145.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/and-tango-makes-three.jpg 1878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Justin Richardson\u2019s <em>And Tango Makes Three<\/em> (Little Simon, 2015), Roy and Silo \u2013 a pair of male penguins at the Central Park Zoo \u2013 form a family by adopting at baby chick of their own. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-family-is-a-family-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-family-is-a-family-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/a-family-is-a-family.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>By Sara O\u2019Leary, <em>A Family is a Family is a Family<\/em> (Groundwood Books, 2016) is a picture-book account of the many different kinds of families \u2013 all special, as long as they\u2019re full of caring people. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight-300x254.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight-1024x867.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight-768x650.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight-1536x1301.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-knight.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Daniel Haack\u2019s <em>Prince &amp; Knight<\/em> (little bee, 2018), a rhyming fairy tale, the prince and the knight join forces to fight a dragon \u2013 and find that they\u2019ve fallen in love. (Not everybody wants to marry a princess.) For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20192\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misadventures-of-family-fletcher-204x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misadventures-of-family-fletcher-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misadventures-of-family-fletcher.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>Dana Alison Levy\u2019s <em>The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher<\/em> (Yearling, 2015) is the hilarious and delightful story of the Fletchers: two dads and their four multiracial adopted sons \u2013 Sam, Jax, Eli, and six-year-old Frog. Plus Sir Puggleton, the dog, Zeus, the cat, and Flare, Frog\u2019s imaginary cheetah. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/list-of-things-that-will-not-change-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/list-of-things-that-will-not-change-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/list-of-things-that-will-not-change.jpg 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Rebecca Stead\u2019s <em>The List of Things That Will Not Change<\/em> (Wendy Lamb, 2020), Bea\u2019s parents are divorcing and Bea\u2019s dad is marrying his boyfriend Jesse \u2013 which Bea hopes will bring her a new sister, Jesse\u2019s daughter. It\u2019s not easy forming a new family, however, and Bea seeks reassurance from her notebook listing things that will not change \u2013 that is, she and her parents will always love each other. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20206\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-best-man-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-best-man-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-best-man.jpg 314w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>Richard Peck\u2019s <em>The Best Man<\/em> (Puffin, 2017 is a wonderful account of male relationships from the point of view of 11-year-old Archer Magill, culminating in the wedding of Archer\u2019s Uncle Paul and his fifth-grade teacher, Ed McLeod. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/night-owl-from-dogfish-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/night-owl-from-dogfish-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/night-owl-from-dogfish.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>In Holly Goldberg Sloan\u2019s <em>To Night Owl from Dogfish<\/em> (Puffin, 2020), Avery \u2013 bookish, afraid of water, and from New York City \u2013 and Bett, a California girl who loves animals and the ocean \u2013 are thrown together at camp when they find that their gay dads plan to marry. For ages 10-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 42.4138%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/house-in-cerulean-sea-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/house-in-cerulean-sea-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/house-in-cerulean-sea.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 57.5862%;\">\n<p>T.J. Klune\u2019s <em>The House in the Cerulean Sea<\/em> (Tor, 2020) is a delightful and heartwarming fantasy in which Linus Baker, a caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth (DICOMY), is sent to evaluate six dangerous children \u2013 a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, a strange green blob, a were-Pomeranian, and the Antichrist \u2013 at the Marsyas Island Orphanage. There he meets the orphanage director Arthur Parnassus. As Linus becomes more involved with Arthur and the children, he begins to doubt the legitimacy of DICOMY\u2019s mission. It\u2019s all about overcoming prejudice and learning to love \u2013 and there\u2019s a wedding. For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"block-0d4ea78b-a720-41cd-a7cf-aa704fcdb8cd\" class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected rich-text\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Block: Heading\" data-block=\"0d4ea78b-a720-41cd-a7cf-aa704fcdb8cd\" data-type=\"core\/heading\" data-title=\"Heading\">Free to Be Me<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1201px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 184px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/its-okay-to-be-different-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/its-okay-to-be-different-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/its-okay-to-be-different-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/its-okay-to-be-different.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 184px;\">\n<p>Todd Parr\u2019s charmingly illustrated <em>It\u2019s OK to Be Different<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2009) assures kids that it\u2019s okay \u2013 to need help, to be a different color, to talk about your feelings, to have big ears. A good beginning for ages 3-6.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 209px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 209px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/annies-plaid-shirt-253x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/annies-plaid-shirt-253x300.jpg 253w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/annies-plaid-shirt.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 209px;\">\n<p>In Stacy B. Davids\u2019s <em>Annie\u2019s Plaid Shirt<\/em> (Upswing Press, 2015), Annie insists on wearing her plaid shirt everywhere. Then they\u2019re invited to Uncle Benny\u2019s wedding \u2013 and Annie\u2019s mother wants her to wear a dress. But dresses simply aren\u2019t right for Annie. For ages 3-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 184px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pink-is-for-boys-300x291.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pink-is-for-boys-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pink-is-for-boys-768x745.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pink-is-for-boys.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 184px;\">\n<p>Robb Pearlman\u2019s color-themed <em>Pink Is for Boys<\/em> (Running Press Kids, 2018) emphasizes that it\u2019s all about what you love: pink is for boys (and girls); so are unicorns, racing cars, and baseball. For ages 4-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 284px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 284px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/morris-micklewhite-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/morris-micklewhite-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/morris-micklewhite.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 284px;\">\n<p>In Christine Baldacchino\u2019s <em>Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress<\/em> (Groundwood Books, 2014), Morris loves wearing the tangerine dress in the class dress-up box \u2013 but he\u2019s teased and banned from the spaceship that some of the other kids are buildingm because astronauts don\u2019t wear dresses. Morris, however, triumphs, inventing a marvelous space adventure of his own and taking two friends along. For ages 4-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 340px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%; height: 340px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Red-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Red-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Red.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%; height: 340px;\">\n<p>In Michael Hall\u2019s <em>Red: A Crayon\u2019s Story<\/em> (Greenwillow, 2016), a blue crayon \u2013 mistakenly labeled as red \u2013 has nothing but trouble. His teacher, mother, and friends all try to help \u2013 but nothing works until he finally discovers that he\u2019s actually blue. A charming way to introduce gender issues for ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<p>See this <a href=\"https:\/\/assets2.hrc.org\/welcoming-schools\/documents\/WS_Lesson_Red_A_Crayons_Story.pdf\">lesson plan<\/a> to accompany the book.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/julian-is-a-mermaid-300x279.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/julian-is-a-mermaid-300x279.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/julian-is-a-mermaid.jpg 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>Jessica Love\u2019s <em>Julian is a Mermaid<\/em> (Candlewick, 2018) is the story of Julian who \u2013 having seen people gorgeously costumed as mermaids on a train \u2013 Invents a spectacular costume of his own. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jacobs-new-dress-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jacobs-new-dress-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/jacobs-new-dress.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>Sarah Hoffman\u2019s <em>Jacob\u2019s New Dress<\/em> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 2020) begins \u201cThere are lots of different ways to be a boy.\u201d Gender-nonconforming Jacob wants to wear a dress to school. \u201cWell, it\u2019s not what I would wear,\u201d his dad says, \u201cbut you look great.\u201d For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/williams-doll-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/williams-doll-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/williams-doll.jpg 305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Charlotte Zolotow\u2019s delightful <em>William\u2019s Doll<\/em> (Harper &amp; Row, 1972), William wants a doll \u2013 despite all around him, who feel he\u2019d be much better off with a basketball. His wise grandmother explains that William\u2019s doll will help him learn to be a loving father. One of the first books to deal with gender stereotypes in toys. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sparkle-boy-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sparkle-boy-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sparkle-boy.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Leslea Newman\u2019s <em>Sparkle Boy<\/em> (Lee &amp; Low, 2017), Casey loves his sister Jessie\u2019s shimmery skirts, glittery bracelets, and nail polish. Jessie protests that boys can\u2019t have such things \u2013 though her parents and grandmother explain that Casey can wear whatever he wants. When kids at the library tease Casey about his love of \u201cgirl\u201d things, Jessie defends Casey\u2019s right to be himself. A lovely story for ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ivy-Aberdeen-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ivy-Aberdeen-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Ivy-Aberdeen.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>Those of us who grew up with <em>Harriet the Spy<\/em> know that it\u2019s bad news to lose a diary. In Ashley Herring Blake\u2019s <em>Ivy Aberdeen\u2019s Letter to the World<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2019), Ivy does just that in the wake of a tornado \u2013 and then her secret pictures of girls holding hands begin to reappear, with notes urging her to reveal her true identity. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20176\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drum-roll-please-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drum-roll-please-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drum-roll-please.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Lisa Jenn Bigelow\u2019s <em>Drum Roll, Please<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2019), Melly and her best friend Olivia spend the summer at rock-and-roll Camp Rockaway, where Melly has to deal with her parents\u2019 divorce, the loss of her best friend, and her new feelings for another girl. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/king-and-dragonflies-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/king-and-dragonflies-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/king-and-dragonflies.jpg 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Kacen Callender\u2019s <em>King and the Dragonflies<\/em> (Scholastic, 2020), 12-year-old King is dealing both with the death of his older brother, his father\u2019s definition of what it takes to be a man, and his feelings for his (male) friend Sandy. A haunting and wonderful story for ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/birdie-and-me-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/birdie-and-me-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/birdie-and-me.jpg 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In J.M.M. Nuanez\u2019s <em>Birdie and Me<\/em> (Puffin, 2021), 12-year-old Jack (short for Jacqueline) and her little brother, Birdie, after their mother\u2019s death, have been sent first to live with sweet, but irresponsible Uncle Carl, then with gruff and conventional Uncle Patrick. There Birdie, who favors pink leggings and nail polish and maintains a \u201cBook of Fabulous,\u201d runs into trouble: Uncle Patrick, worried that Birdie will be prey to bullies, tries to force him to conform to gender norms. It\u2019s a story of adults and children learning to understand each other as they gradually form a new and larger family. For ages 10-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misfits-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misfits-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/misfits.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In James Howe\u2019s <em>The Misfits<\/em> (Atheneum, 2003), the four misfits \u2013 Bobby, an overweight 12-year-old tie salesman, rabble-rousing Addie, Skeezie, dubbed a hooligan, and Joe, who is gay \u2013 are all victims of name-calling in middle school. So they decide to do something about it. An upbeat story about the damaging effects of stereotyping and labels. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/felix-yz-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/felix-yz-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/felix-yz.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Lisa Bunker\u2019s <em>Felix Yz<\/em> (Puffin, 2018), 13-year-old Felix\u2019s brain is fused with that of a Zyx, a hyperintelligent fourth-dimensional being, after a science experiment went dreadfully wrong. Now the two must be separated by the Procedure, which may kill them both. The book is written in the form of Felix\u2019s secret blog as he counts down the days until the Procedure \u2013 complicated by Felix\u2019s problems in middle school, which include a crush on classmate Hector, and the dynamics of family life, which include a very cool gender-unusual grandparent who divides the week between male and female personas. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20175\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drama-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drama-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drama-704x1024.jpg 704w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drama-768x1117.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/drama.jpg 825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>Raina Telgemeier\u2019s<em> Drama<\/em> (Graphix, 2012) is a graphic novel about a middle-school drama production \u2013 set against a background of burgeoning middle-school social relationships. Praised for its positive depiction and normalization of LGBTQ characters through Jesse and Justin, a pair of talented gay twins. For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-dressmaker-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-dressmaker-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/prince-and-dressmaker.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>In Jen Wang\u2019s <em>The Prince and the Dressmaker<\/em> (First Second, 2018), Prince Sebastian is supposed to be looking for a bride \u2013 but actually is spending his time donning gorgeous dresses and wowing Paris society in the guise of the Lady Crystallia. Only Frances, the talented little dressmaker, knows his secret. A very different Cinderella story for ages 12 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 44.1379%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aristotle-and-dante-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aristotle-and-dante-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/aristotle-and-dante.jpg 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 55.8621%;\">\n<p>Benjamin Alire Saenz\u2019s <em>Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe<\/em> (Simon and Schuster, 2014) is a thoughtful and complex coming-of-age story about two boys falling in love: 15-year-old Aristotle (Ari), coping with a brother in prison and a father suffering from PTSD, and Dante, passionate about art and books. For ages 13 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4 id=\"block-0bbc1623-fd74-42f4-837f-16d6373a7606\" class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected rich-text\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Block: Heading\" data-block=\"0bbc1623-fd74-42f4-837f-16d6373a7606\" data-type=\"core\/heading\" data-title=\"Heading\">Trans Kids<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 21px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 21px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%; height: 21px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/when-aidan-became-a-brother-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/when-aidan-became-a-brother-300x276.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/when-aidan-became-a-brother.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%; height: 21px;\">\n<p>When Aidan, the trans boy character in Kyle Lukoff\u2019s <em>When Aidan Became a Brother<\/em> (Lee &amp; Low, 2019), was born, everyone assumed he was a girl. Now Aidan\u2019s parents are expecting a new baby \u2013 and as they design the new nursery, Aidan worries that the new baby will be misunderstood like he was. Supportive parents explain that mistakes might be made \u2013 but they can always be fixed. For ages 4-7.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/I-am-Jazz-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/I-am-Jazz-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/I-am-Jazz.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>By Jessica Herthel <em>I Am Jazz<\/em> (Dial, 2014) is a picture-book account of real-life transgender kid Jazz Jennings, who knew from toddlerhood that she had a girl\u2019s brain in a boy\u2019s body. For ages 4-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/george-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/george-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/george-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/george-768x1116.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/george.jpg 826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In Alex Gino\u2019s <em>George<\/em> (Scholastic, 2017), George may seem like a boy \u2013 but she knows in her heart that she\u2019s a girl. Which is why she wants to play Charlotte in the class production of <em>Charlotte\u2019s Web<\/em>. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<p>Also by Gino, see <em>Rick<\/em> (Scholastic, 2020) in which Rick, despite a lot of pressure from his dad and his best friend, ends up in the school\u2019s Rainbow Spectrum club where he meets Melissa (once George) and begins to explore his own identity. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20207\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-other-boy-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-other-boy-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/the-other-boy.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In M.G. Hennessey\u2019s <em>The Other Boy<\/em> (HarperCollins, 2019), Shane was born a girl, but knows he\u2019s really a boy. When Shane and his mother move from San Francisco to Los Angeles in middle school, Shane socially transitions to living as a boy \u2013 though his father refuses to allow him the testosterone injections that would take him through male puberty. Inevitably Shane\u2019s secret comes out \u2013 though Alejandra, a Latina trans girl, gives him the support he needs. For ages 9-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20196\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pants-project-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pants-project-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pants-project.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In Cat Clarke\u2019s <em>The Pants Project<\/em> (Sourcebooks, 2019), 11-year-old Liv (not Olivia) knows he was always meant to be a boy \u2013 but the school\u2019s conservative dress code is forcing him to wear skirts. So Liv institutes the Pants Project. Issues of gender identity, bullying, acceptance and respect, and social justice. For ages 9-13.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/zenobia-july-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/zenobia-july-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/zenobia-july.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In Lisa Bunker\u2019s <em>Zenobia July<\/em> (Viking, 2019), Zenobia \u2013 who used to live in Arizona with her dad \u2013 has moved to Maine to live with her aunts. There, though she\u2019s previously been thought to be a boy, she\u2019s coming out as a girl \u2013 but now has to combat cruel memes about her past that start popping up on her new school\u2019s website. Luckily Zenobia is a kickass hacker. For ages 10-13.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gracefully-grayson-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gracefully-grayson-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gracefully-grayson.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>Ami Polonsky\u2019s <em>Gracefully Grayson<\/em> (Little, Brown, 2016) tackles the question of \u201cWhat if who you are on the outside doesn\u2019t match who you are on the inside?\u201d Grayson Sender, born as a boy, is really a girl. Kirkus calls this one \u201ca kind and earnest look at a young transgender adolescent\u2019s experience.\u201d For ages 10-14.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.6897%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lily-and-dunkin-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lily-and-dunkin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lily-and-dunkin.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.3103%;\">\n<p>In Donna Gephart\u2019s <em>Lily and Dunkin<\/em> (Yearling, 2018), Lily (born Timothy), a transgender girl, and Dunkin (born Norbert), who has bipolar disorder, forge a wonderful relationship. In a tree. For ages 10 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 id=\"block-b060c30d-d95d-4512-86d6-5c3b64264a5b\" class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable block-editor-block-list__block wp-block is-selected is-hovered rich-text\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"group\" contenteditable=\"true\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Block: Heading\" data-block=\"b060c30d-d95d-4512-86d6-5c3b64264a5b\" data-type=\"core\/heading\" data-title=\"Heading\">LGTBQ History<\/h4>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 1634px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 184px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sanders-Stonewall-300x247.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sanders-Stonewall-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sanders-Stonewall.png 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 184px;\">\n<p>By Rob Sanders, <em>Stonewall<\/em> (Random House, 2019) is a picture-book story of the 1969 raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York city and the beginning of the gay rights movement. A powerful civil rights story for ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 312px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 312px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pride-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pride-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/pride.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 312px;\">\n<p>By Rob Sanders, <em>Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag<\/em> (Random House, 2018) is the picture-book account of Harvey Milk\u2019s defense of gay rights and the design of the rainbow flag that became the symbol and inspiration of a political movement. A good introduction for ages 5-8.<\/p>\n<p>Make your own rainbow flag! See instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkmakeshareblog.com\/rainbow-flag\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20216\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/41mf2ye5KL-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/41mf2ye5KL-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/41mf2ye5KL.jpg 388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%;\">\n<p>By Joy Michael Ellison, <em>Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution<\/em> (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2020) is the story of activists Sylvia Rivera and Marsha Johnson, both trans women of color, who found for respect and equality for the LGTBQ community. For ages 7-10.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 184px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/what-was-stonewall-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/what-was-stonewall-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/what-was-stonewall.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 184px;\">\n<p>Nico Medina\u2019s <em>What Was Stonewall?<\/em> (Penguin Workshop, 2019) is the story of how a spontaneous protest that arose at New York City\u2019s Stonewall Inn led to the powerful LGBTQ rights movement in the U.S. For ages 8-12.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 209px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 209px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gay-and-lesbian-history-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gay-and-lesbian-history-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gay-and-lesbian-history-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/gay-and-lesbian-history.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 209px;\">\n<p>Jerome Pohlem\u2019s <em>Gay and Lesbian History for Kids<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 2015) is an overview of the century-long struggle for LGBTQ rights. Included are a timeline, capsule biographies, historical photographs, and 21 hands-on activities. For ages 9 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 134px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queer-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queer-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queer.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 134px;\">\n<p>Meg-John Barker\u2019s <em>Queer: A Graphic History<\/em> (Icon Books, 2016) is a well-done overview for ages 16 and up.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 134px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 134px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queerstory-9781982142377_xlg-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queerstory-9781982142377_xlg-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queerstory-9781982142377_xlg-768x881.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/queerstory-9781982142377_xlg.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 134px;\">\n<p>Rebecca Strickson\u2019s <em>Queerstory <\/em>(Tiller Press, 2020) is a beautifully designed infographic history of the LGBTQ movement for teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 184px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/book-of-pride-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/book-of-pride-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/book-of-pride.jpg 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 184px;\">\n<p>Mason Funk\u2019s <em>The Book of Pride<\/em> (HarperOne, 2019) covers the leaders, activists, and others who fought for the gay pride movement from the 1960s to the present. Subtitled \u201cLGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World.\u201d For teens and adults.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 109px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 109px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 109px;\">\n<p>See this annotated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgbtqhistory.org\/lgbt-rights-timeline-in-american-history\/\">LGBTQ Rights Timeline in American History.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 184px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 45.1724%; height: 184px;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54.8276%; height: 184px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/tag\/lgbt-history\">LGBT History<\/a> has a long list of interesting historical articles and stories \u2013 among them \u201cWhat Happened at the Stonewall Riots?.\u201d \u201cThe Supreme Court Rulings That Have Shaped Gay Rights in America,\u201d and \u201cThe Pink Triangle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since California became the first state to require the teaching of LGBTQ history in 2011, increasing numbers of books and resources have become available for&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[773,1016],"tags":[1018,1017,1019],"class_list":["post-20157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-social-issues","tag-gay-and-lesbian","tag-lgbtq","tag-trans-kids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20157"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20217,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20157\/revisions\/20217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}