Pride Month 2024 Book Draw

May 30, 2024

The ETT 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee has organized a Book Draw as part of ETT’s June Pride Month celebrations. Members can enter to win a 2SLGBTQIA+ themed book featuring a range of topics.

Members will have the chance to win one book.

Winners will be selected randomly and given their choice of book (in order of preference indicated, and subject to availability of the book).
Books will be sent to draw winners via TDSB interoffice mail. (Please make sure your ETT Member Hub profile is up-to-date including the worksite and personal email fields.)

The Book Draw is now closed.

For more information contact Executive Officers: Maria Abbruzzese and Ricardo Rodriguez.

Available Books

Click to download the PDF with book links

Book Lists from Local Independent Booksellers & 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations

Book Lists from Literary Organizations

Canadian Children’s Book Centre List of LGBTQ Books for Kids and Teens
American Library Association 2024 Rainbow List
American Library Association 2023 Rainbow List
American Library Association 2022 Rainbow List
Scottish Book Trust – Books to Celebrate LGBTQ+ Families

ETFO Resources

More Titles With Inclusive Trans/Gender-Fluid/Non-Binary Characters

These are great titles to use as read-alouds for everyday use to help your students see these characters as a normal part of everyday life, just like all the other characters they see in story.

Noodin’s Perfect Day by Ansley Simpson & Rhael McGregor, 2022
Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson & Qin Leng, 2021
Moondragon in the Mosque Garden by El-Farouk Khaki, Troy Jackson & Katie Commodore, 2017
My Maddy by Gayle E Pitman & Violet Tobacco, 2020
A Plan for Pops by Heather Smith & Brooke Kerrigan, 2021
Timide by Harry Woodgate, 2021
My Fade is Fresh by Shauntay Grant & Thomas Kitt, 2022
Small Knight and the Angry Prince by Manka Kasha, 2023
Fluffy and the Stars by T’áncháy Redvers & Roza Nozari, 2023
Ballet Kids by Holly Sterling, 2022
Something Great by Jeanette Bradley, 2022
The Good Hair Day by Christian Trimmer & J. Yang, 2023
The Loudest Bark by Gail Marlene Schwartz, Lucie Gagnon & Amélie Ayotte, 2022
Circle of Love by Monique Grey Smith & Nicole Neidhardt, 2024
Jude Saves the World by Ronnie Riley, 2023

Non-Fiction Titles to Help With Conversations About Transgender / Gender Diversity

What Are Your Words? A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke & Anne Passchier, 2021
True You: A Gender Journey by Gwen Agna & Shelley Rotner, 2022
Gender Heroes: 25 Amazing Transgender, Non-Binary and Genderqueer Trailblazers from Past and Present by Kingsley Publishers Jessica, 2023
Gender Identity for Kids: A Book About Finding Yourself, Understanding Others, and Respecting Everybody by Andy Passchier, 2023
My Culture, My Gender, Me by Cassandra Jules Corrigan, 2023
It Feels Good To Be Yourself: A Book About Gender Identity by Theresa Thorn & Noah Grigni, 2019
Being You: A First Conversation About Gender by Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli & Anne/Andy Passchier, 2021
This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them and Us by Katherine Locke & Nicole Melleby, 2021
Pink, Blue, and You! Questions for Kids About Gender Stereotypes by Elise Gravel & Mykaell Blais
Growing Up Trans: In Our Own Words by Lindsay Herriot & Kate Fry 2021
Dotson: My Journey Growing Up Transgender (A Memoir) by Grayson Lee White & Stephanie Roth Sisson, 2024
Becoming Who We Are: Real Stories About Growing Up Trans by Sammy Lisel & Lilah Sturges, 2024
Some Bodies by Sophie Kennen & Airin O’Callaghan, 2022
Transphobia: Deal with It by j wallace skelton & Nick Johnson, 2016

(Somewhat) Older Inclusive Trans/Gender-Inclusive Themed Titles that You May Already Have in Your Library

These are all fantastic titles, and chances are that your school library may already have them catalogued. The TDSB Virtual Library also has some of these titles digitally, so be sure to look online, too.

Téo’s Tutu by Maryann Jacob Macias & Alea Marley, 2021
10,000 Dresses by Rex Ray & Marcus Ewert, 2008
Morris Micklewhite & the Tangerine Dress by Christine Baldacchino & Isabelle Malenfant, 2014
I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings & Shelagh McNicholas, 2014
My Princess Boy by Cheryl Kilodavis & Suzanne DeSimone, 2010
Pink Is For Boys by Robb Pearlman & Eda Kaban, 2018
My Shadow Is Pink by Scott Stuart, 2021
My Rainbow by DeShanna Neal, Trinity Neal & Twink Art, 2020
The Name I Call Myself by Hasan Namir & Cathryn John, 2020
Neither by Airlie Anderson, 2018
Bunnybear by Andrea J Loney & Carmen Saldaña, 2021
Introducing Teddy by Jessica Walton & Douglas MacPherson, 2016
Angus All Aglow by Heather Smith & Alice Carter, 2018
I Love My Purse by Belle DeMont & Sonja Wimmer, 2017
Jack, Not Jackie by Erica Silverman & Holly Hatam, 2018
The Boy and the Bindi by Vivek Shraya & Rajni Perera, 2016
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, Kai Yun Ching & Wai-Yant Li, 2017
Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman & Maria Mola, 2017
Phoenix Goes to School by Michelle Finch, Phoenix Finch & Sharon Davey, 2018
47,000 Beads by Koja Adeyoha, Angel Adeyoha & Holly McGillis, 2017
Ho’onani: Hula Warrior by Heather Gale & Mika Song, 2019
Calvin by JR Ford, Vanessa Ford & Kayla Harren, 2021
Ciel by Sophie Labelle, 2020
The Fabulous Zed Watson by Basil Sylvester & Kevin Sylvester, 2021