Picture Books For Children With Lesbian Parents

There is a small but growing number of picture books for young children about families with lesbian parents.

If you want to introduce your children to the concept of lesbian parents, or friends, or futures, then a picture book is perfect place to start.

Baby-Preschool (Grade 1)

• Mommy, Mama, and Me by: Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Carol Thompson (Baby - Preschool)
• Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story by Kaitlyn Taylor Considine (Baby - Preschool)
• Anna Day and the O-Ring (Alyson Wonderland) by Elaine Wickens (Baby - Preschool, Grade 1)

Ages 2-6

• Oh The Things Mommies Do!: What Could Be Better Than Having Two? by Crystal Tompkins, illustrated by Lindsey Evans (ages 2-6)
•  Flying Free by Jennifer C. Gregg (ages 2-6)
• My Two Aunts  by Deb Bixler (ages 3-6)
•  My House by Brenda & Vicki Harding (ages 3-5) [review]

Ages 4 to 8

• Molly's Family by Nancy Garden, illustrated by Sharon Wooding (Preschool, Grade 1; ages 4-8)
• Heather Has Two Mommies by: Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Diana Souza (ages 4-8) [review]
• The Daddy Machine by Johnny Valentine, illustrated by Lynette Schmidt (ages 4-8) (6th Lambda Awards nominee)
• The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows by Johnny Valentine, illustrated by Lynette Schmidt (Alyson Wonderland) (collection of alternate fairytales/fables, mixture of lesbian/gay male parents) (ages 4-8)
• The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption by Elaine M. Aoki & Jean Davies Okimoto, illustrated by Meilo So (Kindergarten, Grade 3; ages 5-8)
• In Our Mothers' House by Patricia Polacco (Grades 1-4, ages 4-8)
• Saturday Is Patty Day by: Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Annette Hegel (ages 3-8) *divorce (6th Lambda Awards nominee)
• Mom and Mum are Getting Married by Ken Setterington (Kindergarten, Grade 3; ages 4-8)
• The Different Dragon by Jennifer Bryan, illustrated by Dannamarle Hosler (ages 3-8)
• Motherbridge of Love by Xinran, illustrated by Josee Masse (not technically lesbian, but covers the parts of birth and adoptive mother well) (ages 4-8)
• A Tale of Two Mommies by Vanita Oelschlager (Author), Mike Blanc (Illustrator) (ages 4-8)

Older Children

• Gloria Goes to Gay Pride by Leslea Newman, illustrated by Russell Crocker (Alyson Wonderland) (ages 9-12)
• A Boy’s Best Friend by Joan Alden, illustrated by Catherine Hopkins (ages 5-10)
• The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: and Other Stories by Johnny Valentine, illustrated by Lynette Schmidt (Alyson Wonderland) (mixed family fairytales, ages 4-10)

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