Recs if you like It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity...

on a mission to learn about the world and myself through the picture books we never got as kids. here, you’ll find softness, warmth, cosyness, and found family. stories about identity, community, food, and self acceptance. always open to recs!

my top recs are in the comments, and please reach out for in-depth or specific content warnings if you need, i’ll reread the book for you and try my best!

🚧 under construction! 🚧

Children’s picture books that have been banned or challenged in the U.S. Recommendations always welcome!

This shall become the place where I geather all the books with nonbinary representattion / written by nonbinary authors (not sure yet if both). I have not read most of them but rather have them from lists, feel free to suggest more, or report falsly added books

All of these are from the list that Texas lawmaker Matt Krause in October of 2021 tried and in many cases succeeded to get banned from classrooms and school libraries. There are quite a few interesting and odd choices in there which is part of why I wanted to share this list on here. Not necessarily recommendations but there are some pretty good books on here. As well as a lot of textbooks

In October 2021, Texas State Representative Matt Krause initiated an inquiry targeting a list of approximately 850 books in Texas public schools, alleging they could cause "discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress" regarding race or sex. The list disproportionately targeted LGBTQ+ topics, race/racism, and sex education.

This is my project to read through this list for myself - utilizing my local library system for access to these titles. Follow the journey or join along!

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Kids' picture books with LGBTQ+ characters, themes, and authors 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️