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Gender Identity (updated)

11/17/2020

 
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Some Assembly Required, Arin Andrews, YA 306.76 AND *
Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child, Anna Bianchi, Parents' +155.33 BIA
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archie Bongiovanni, YA GN BON
Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender, YA F CAL *ª
Pet, Akwaeke Emezi, YA F EME *ª
This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel, F FRA *ª
How to They/Them, Stuart Getty, 306.76 GET
George, Alex Gino, +F GIN *ª
I Am Jazz!, Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings, ++ HER *

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Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, GN KOB *
Beyond Magenta, Susan Kuklin, YA 306.768 KUK *
Something that May Shock and Discredit You, Daniel M. Lavery, 814 ORT *
Julián Is a Mermaid, Jessica Love, ++ LOV *
When Aidan Became a Brother, Kyle Lukoff, ++ LUK
Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride, 306.768 MCB
Dark and Deepest Red, Anna-Marie McLemore, YA F MCL *ª
Redefining Realness, Janet Mock, 306.768 MOC
The Bold World, Jodie Patterson, 306.874 PAT *ª
Who Are You? The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity, Brook Pessin-Whedbee​, +305.3 PES

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Ana on the Edge, A.J. Sass, +F SAS 
Apsara Engine, Bishakh Som, GN SOM
She/He/They/Them: Understanding Gender Identity, Rebecca Stanborough, +305.3 STA
Fairest, Meredith Talusan, 305.3 TAL
Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas, YA F THO *
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity, Theresa Thorn, +305.3 THO *
Beyond the Gender Binary, Alok Vaid-Menon, YA 305 VAI *

A note from Laura: As gender identity has become a much more freely-discussed topic, more books on the subject have been published. This updated list includes many authors who are transgender and nonbinary, and more resources for readers of all ages who are exploring their own gender identity.
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Tell me Your Story: Kids Audiobooks

6/18/2020

 
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The Children’s Homer, Padraic Colum, +BOCD F COL
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, +BOCD F DAU ª
Inkheart, Cornelia Funke, +BOCD F FUN *ª
The Inquisitor’s Tale, or, Three Magical Children and Their Dog, Adam Gidwitz, +BOCD F GID *ª
Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics, Chris Grabenstein, +BOCD F GRA *ª
The 39-Storey Treehouse, Andy Griffiths, +BOCD F GRI *
Starry River of the Sky, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN
When the Sea Turned to Silver, Grace Lin, +BOCD F LIN *ª
The Great Cake Mystery, Alexander McCall Smith, +BOCD F MCC *ª
Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, Katherine Rundell, +BOCD F RUN
Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians, Brandon Sanderson +BOCD F SAN *ª
Betty Before X, Ilyasah Shabazz, +BOCD F SHA
Nightbooks, J.A. White, +BOCD F WHI *ª
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World, Reshma Saujani, +BOCD 005 SAU *
All in a Drop: How Antony, van Leeuwenhoek Discovered an Invisible World, Lori Alexander, +BOCD 579 ALE *ª
The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold, Daniel James Brown, +BOCD 797 BRO *ª
Aru Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi, + DAB F CHO *ª
The Journey of Little Charlie, Christopher Paul Curtis, + DAB F CUR *ª
Blended, Sharon Draper, + DAB F DRA *ª
Refugee 87, Ele Fountain, + DAB F FOU
Battle of Champions, Henry Lien, + DAB F LIE
Stories for Boys Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO ª
Stories for Kids Who Dare to Be Different, Ben Brooks, + DAB 920 BRO
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Tell Me Your Story: Kids Movies

6/18/2020

 
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Dazzle Ships, +DVD 940.4 DAZ
Astro Girl, +DVD AST
The BFG, +DVD BFG
The Black Stallion, +DVD BLA
The Breadwinner, +DVD BRE
Captain Underpants, +DVD CAP
Dreamers, +DVD DRE
Faerie Tale Theatre, +DVD FAE
Ferdinand, +DVD FER
Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepy Tales, +DVD GOO
Goosebumps, +DVD GOO
Grand Canyon, +DVD GOO
Heidi, +DVD HEI
Hugo, +DVD HUG
​The Napping House and More Stories that Rhyme, +DVD NAP

Noisy Nora and More Stories by Rosemary Wells, +DVD NOI
The Poky Little Puppy & Friends, +DVD POK
Rapunzel and More Classic Fairy Tales, +DVD RAP
Redwoods, +DVD RED
Rescue and Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship, +DVD RES
The Secret Garden, +DVD SEC
Storywatchers Club: World Folktales, +DVD STO
Thank You, Omu, +DVD THA
Two Friends, +DVD TWO
The Wind in the Willows: a Tale of Two Toads, +DVD WIN
Wolfie the Bunny and Other Rabbit Adventures, +DVD WOL
Wonder, +DVD WON
Wonderstruck, +DVD WON
A Wrinkle in Time, +DVD WRI
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Tell Me Your Story: Picture Books

6/18/2020

 
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How to Read a Book, Kwame Alexander, ++ALE
How this Book Was Made, Mac Barnett, ++BAR
The Best Place to Read, Debbie Bertram, ++BER *
Just One More Story, Jennifer Brutschy, ++BRU
A Very Late Story, Marianna Coppo, ++COP
My Mighty Journey, A Waterfall's Story, John Coy, ++COY
Stories of the Night, Kitty Crowther, ++CRO
Letters from Bear, Gauthier David, ++DAV
The Fish Who Cried Wolf, Julia Donaldson, ++DON
The Storyteller's Candle, or La velita de los cuentos, Lucia Gonzalez, ++GON
A Story, a Story: An African Tale, Gail Haley, ++HAL
Ralph Tells a Story, Abby Hanlon, ++HAN
Rocket Writes a Story, Tad Hills, ++HIL *
Little Red Writing, Joan Holub ++HOL *
A Child of Books, Oliver Jeffers, ++JEF
A Squiggly Story, Andrew Larsen, ++LAR
Lift, Minh Le, ++LE
Idea Jar, Adam Lehrhaupt, ++LEH
Chapter Two Is Missing!, Josh Lieb, ++LIE
The Story I'll Tell, Nancy Tupper Ling, ++LIN
Look! I Wrote a Book! (And You Can Too), Sally Lloyd-Jones, ++LLO
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A Perfectly Messed-up Story, Patrick McDonnell, ++MCD
Lola at the Library, Anna McQuinn, ++MCQ
How to Read a Story, Kate Messner, ++MES
Reading Makes You Feel Good, Todd Parr, ++PAR
I Want a Bedtime Story, Tony Ross, ++ROS
Story Time for Little Porcupine, Joseph Slate, ++SLA
The Best Story, Eileen Spinelli, ++SPI
Ideas Are All Around, Phillip Stead, ++STE
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, David Ezra Stein, ++STE *
​I Want to Be in a Scary Story, Sean Taylor, ++TAY
Grandfather Tang's Story, Ann Tompert, ++TOM
The Storyteller, Evan Turk, ++TUR

The Tickle Stories, Jean Van Leeuwen, ++VAN
Wait! I Want to Tell You a Story, Tom Willans, ++WIL
Hooray for Books, Brian Won, ++WON
A Quieter Story, Liza Woodruff, ++WOO
I Am a Story, Dan Yaccarino, ++YAC
The Whisperer, Pamela Zagarenski, ++ZAN
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Extremely Cute, presented by Laura the Librarian

12/9/2019

 
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Hark! A Vagrant, Kate Beaton, GN BEA
Raisin, the Littlest Cow, Miriam Busch, ++ BUS
Royal Wedding, Meg Cabot, F CAB PRI-11 *ª
Narwhal, Unicorn of the Sea, Ben Clanton, +GN CLA 1 *
Just Like Beverly, Vicki Conrad, +813 CON
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Barry Deutsch, + GN DEU 1 *
Horrible Bear!, Ame Dyckman & Zachariah OHora, ++ DYC
Ariol: Just a Donkey Like You and Me, Emmanuel Guibert & Marc Boutavant, +GN GUI 1
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Jenny Han, YA HAN *ª
The Amazing Crafty Cat, Charise Mericle Harper, +GN HAR 1

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Kristy’s Great Idea, Ann M. Martin & Raina Telgemeier, + GN MAR 1 *
Binny for Short, Hilary McKay, +F MCK BIN 1
Red, White & Royal Blue, Casey McQuiston, R MCQ *ª
Best Frints in the Whole Universe, Antoinette Portis, ++ POR
School’s First Day of School, Adam Rex & Christian Robinson, ++ REX
My Boyfriend Is a Bear, Pamela Ribon & Cat Farris, GN RIB
Not Quite Narwhal, Jessie Sima, ++ SIM *
Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too, Jonny Sun, GN SUN
Check Please #Hockey, Ngozi Ukazu, GN UKA 1 *


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Gender Identity

12/9/2019

 
This list was updated in 2020. Take a look!
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Some Assembly Required, Arin Andrews, YA 306.76 AND *
Becoming an Ally to the Gender-Expansive Child, Anna Bianchi, Parents' +155.33 BIA
A Quick and Easy Guide to They/Them Pronouns, Archie Bongiovanni, YA GN BON
Raising My Rainbow, Laurie Duron, 306.7662 DUR
This Is How It Always Is, Laurie Frankel, F FRA *ª
Gender Revolution, DVD 305.3 GEN
George, Alex Gino, +F GIN *ª
Red: A Crayon's Story, Michael Hall, ++ HAL *

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I Am Jazz!, Jessica Herthel & Jazz Jennings, ++ HER *
Being Jazz, Jazz Jennings, YA 306.768 JEN ª
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Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe, GN KOB *
Beyond Magenta, Susan Kuklin, YA 306.768 KUK *
Julián Is a Mermaid, Jessica Love, ++ LOV *
Amateur, Thomas Page McBee, 155.332 MCB
Tomorrow Will Be Different, Sarah McBride, 306.768 MCB
Redefining Realness, Janet Mock, 306.768 MOC

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Gumballs, Erin Nations, GN NAT
Transgender Children and Youth, Elijah C. Nealy, 306.768 NEA
Becoming Nicole, Amy Ellis Nutt, 306.768 NUT *
The Bold World, Jodie Patterson, 306.874 PAT *ª
Who Are You? The Kid's Guide to Gender Identity, Brook Pessin-Whedbee​, +305.3 PES
The Trans Generation, Ann Travers, 306.768 TRA
Raising Ryland, Hillary Whittington, 306.76 WHI



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