#queerkidlit — Public Fediverse posts

I’ve got some really great books checked out from the library right now, which I wrote about here on my blog: https://cassey.dev/library-hits-jan-2026/ #YearOfTheBlog #Blog #KidLit #QueerKidLit

I’ve got some really great books checked out from the library right now, which I wrote about here on my blog: https://cassey.dev/library-hits-jan-2026/ #YearOfTheBlog #Blog #KidLit #QueerKidLit

Let’s roll into the holidays with 10 intriguing quotes from some of the year’s best #LGBTQ middle grade books—they’re out of context to prevent spoilers, but I hope they stir your interest in these fun, insightful, and inspiring titles. #KidLit #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/12/20/10-quotes-of-joy-and-resilience-from-some-of-2024s-best-lgbtq-middle-grade-books/
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In celebration of #Transgender Awareness Week, but good for reading all year long, here are reviews of some of my favorite picture, middle grade, and grown-up books from 2024 that feature #trans youth or trans parents (and sometimes both). #QueerKidLit #KidLit #MGlit https://mombian.com/2024/11/15/12-recent-books-featuring-transgender-youth-and-transgender-parents/
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Halloween is almost upon us, but 2024 has brought us terrific spooky books all year, with stories of ghosts, vampires, werewolves, haunted houses, curses, and other creepy things—and #LGBTQ characters solving mysteries, fighting evil, and being themselves. Click through for reviews! #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/10/22/22-spooky-lgbtq-inclusive-chapter-and-middle-grade-books-of-2024/
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This week marks the midst of the Jewish High Holidays, so here are some of my favorite #LGBTQ -inclusive kids’ books from 2024 with Jewish protagonists and themes. They make great reading at any time of year! #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/10/10/5-new-kids-books-with-queer-jewish-characters/
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Five new middle-grade graphic novels are full of fun, queerness, and young people navigating change, exploring crushes, and finding their strengths with a little help from family and friends. #LGBTQ #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/5-new-graphic-novels-full-of-queerness-and-joy/
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Schools have formed a common setting for LGBTQ-inclusive picture books for more than 40 years! Here are some titles both new and old, perfect for #backtoschool time and throughout the school year! #LGBTQ #queerkidlit https://mombian.com/2024/09/06/40-school-themed-lgbtq-inclusive-picture-books/
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"Love of the Half-Eaten Peach" is a lyrical and gorgeously illustrated picture-book retelling of an ancient Chinese legend celebrating the love between two men. #QueerKidLit Review: https://mombian.com/database/love-of-the-half-eaten-peach/
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Even though many of us are still enjoying summer, back-to-school time will soon be upon us—so here are four recent and relevant #LGBTQ-inclusive picture books for and about schools, allies, and communities—great for reading and discussion at school or home. #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/08/09/4-new-lgbtq-inclusive-picture-books-for-back-to-school/
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As the Olympics roll on, let’s celebrate with some recent board, picture, chapter, and middle grade books featuring #LGBTQ athletes and sports themes! Check out these exciting biographies and imaginative fiction titles. Click through for reviews and to explore the more than 50 total sports-themed titles in my Database of LGBTQ Family Books! #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/07/30/2-dozen-recent-lgbtq-inclusive-kids-books-with-sports-themes/
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Laughter is often the best form of representation, resilience, and resistance, as these picture books prove. They’re great for read-alouds or any time you and the children in your life want a little fun! #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2024/07/08/14-hilarious-lgbtq-inclusive-picture-books/
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This past week has been full of news about awful anti-LGBTQ bills and policies, many (if not all) of which harm children. These books won’t cure that, but they offer a dose of queer joy and perhaps will give some affirmation and support to young people who need this now more than ever. #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2023/04/21/9-new-kids-books-celebrating-lgbtq-identities-and-lives/

Happy #internationalwomensday! Celebrate with some recent picture-book biographies of these inspiring queer and queer-adjacent women! #LGBTQ #QueerKidLit #LGBTQfamilies https://mombian.com/2023/03/08/5-recent-picture-book-biographies-of-queer-and-queer-adjacent-women-for-international-womens-day/

When I discovered that Newbery Honoree and Stonewall Award winner Kyle Lukoff would be doing a reading at a nearby children’s library last Saturday, I immediately changed my plans and went to hear him. I wasn’t disappointed: https://mombian.com/2023/02/13/reading-with-kyle-lukoff/ #lgbtq #QueerKidLit

Today is World Read Aloud Day, and while reading any children’s book aloud with your kids on any day is a great idea, here are 10 LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books whose rhythms and wordplay make them particularly fun to read aloud (plus some bonus titles you'll have to click through to see)! #lgbtq #lgbtqfamilies #QueerKidLit https://mombian.com/2023/02/01/10-lgbtq-inclusive-kids-books-for-world-read-aloud-day/

#LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books not only offer needed representation, but can also take their place with some of the best children’s literature around, bar none, as this year’s Youth Media Awards once again proved. https://mombian.com/2023/01/31/youth-media-awards-highlight-quality-and-scope-of-lgbtq-inclusive-kids-books/ #lgbtqfamilies #QueerKidLit

Today is Multicultural Children’s Book Day, so I’m showcasing 10 recent picture books that are LGBTQ inclusive and celebrate a diversity of cultures! #ReadYourWorld #QueerKidLit #LGBTQ https://mombian.com/2023/01/26/10-recent-lgbtq-inclusive-books-for-multicultural-childrens-book-day/

Picture books about different types of families are increasingly common, but a new book from Dottir Press gives us a take on the subject that feels particularly varied and intersectional, with a rarer—and emphatic—acknowledgment of chosen families. #QueerKidLit #LGBTQ Review: https://mombian.com/2023/01/24/an-intersectional-celebration-of-all-families-in-new-picture-book/

A bright new board book about pronouns! Click through for review! https://mombian.com/database/they-he-she-words-for-you-and-me/ #QueerKidLit #LGBTQfamilies

Here's a roundup of some of the #QueerKidLit roundups I've done in 2022, highlighting various identities, topics, and themes: Baking! Cats! Drag queens! Science! Bedtime stories! Board books! Queer kids! Queer moms! Queer dads! Trans and nonbinary parents! and much more: https://mombian.com/2022/12/20/a-roundup-of-lgbtq-kids-book-roundups-an-end-of-year-extravaganza/ #LGBTQ #LGBTQfamilies

We also have a trans-translated book!

The Yiddish edition of You Be You (written by Jon Branfman with illustrations by Julie Benbassat) was translated by Lili Rosen!

The world's first queer- + trans-inclusive kids' gender & sexuality guide IN YIDDISH:

https://www.benyehudapress.com/books/you-be-you-yiddish-edition/

#Yiddish #QueerKidlit #Kitlit #Translations

I am 5k away from reaching 20k on my #NaNoWriMo project & this is going very smoothly??

Like I'm suspicious. 👀

Anyway, how is everyone doing with #Nano?

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #QueerKidLit