Looking for LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books? Try some classics that are available free online. Open Library, a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, www.archive.org, has the goal of creating one Web page for every book ever published—but also has a free e-book lending library that includes these children’s books featuring LGBTQ parents. Once you register for a free Open Library account, you can borrow up to five titles for two weeks each.
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What a great resource!
Some of the available titles include:
- Zack’s Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents, by Keith Elliot Greenberg; photographs by Carol Halebian. 1996.
- Daddy’s Roommate, by Michael Willhoite. 1990.
- Heather Has Two Mommies, by Lesléa Newman. 2000.
- Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, by Lesléa Newman. 1991.
- Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Parents and their Families, photographs by Gigi Kaeser; edited by Peggy Gillespie. 1999.
- Two Moms, the Zark, and Me, by Johnny Valentine. 1993.
