Charlie Morris and Hannah Love celebrate the start of Pride month by exploring the rainbow of recent children's books that put LGBTQ+ families and youth at the heart of the story.
Joining us on our parade of must-read books are Jodie Lancet-Grant: debut picture book author of The Pirate Mums, L.D. Lapinski: author of magical middle grade adventure series The Strangeworlds Travel Agency, and Benjamin Dean, author of Waterstones’ Children’s Book of the Month Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow.
From lonely mermen to misunderstood monsters, to two daddies and a road trip of remembrance, we talk about why LGBTQ+ representation in books matters to us and why allowing Queer kids to go on all sorts of adventures means we can help young readers find themselves and their families along the way. Plus, we all share a book that's been making us happy this month.
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