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A couple of interesting findings while doing...
A couple of interesting findings while doing research: there are so
very few books for the 3-6th grade reading levels featuring LGBT main
characters. Even among the lists compiled of best LGBT books, picture
books and YA books dominate, with one or two middle grade titles, if
any, per year. But even more interesting than that was discovering that
books being labeled LGBT for middle grade tend to show a parental
relationship that’s on the spectrum… and it’s not usually the main
character’s parents but parents of one of his/her friends. If the LGBT
individual is someone related to the main character, uncles seem to be a
popular choice.
Despite being published in the last few years, some of these books
are either out of print or challenging to track down in print format.
While they’re accessible via ebook, I can’t help wondering how that
hinders kids in this age group from discovering them organically.
http://bookriot.com/2016/06/13/lgbtqia-books-middle-grade-readers/
