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Johnny Valentine

The duke who outlawed jelly beans

Ages 3–8

A collection of five original and enchanting fairy tales about children with gay parents that make up this collection, beautifully illustrated with paintings and drawings, which Horn Book called “One of the outstanding children’s books of the season.”

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Keep this on the shelf like it belongs there, because it does.

Who it's for

Ages 3-8. Rainbow families, gender-curious kids, anyone stocking a shelf that is not a debate.

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Ages 3–8

10,000 dresses

Marcus Ewert

Every night, Bailey dreams about magical dresses: dresses made of crystals and rainbows, dresses made of flowers, dresses made of windows. . . . Unfortunately, when Bailey's awake, no one wants to hear about these beautiful dreams. Quite the contrary. "You're a BOY!" Mother and Father tell Bailey. "You shouldn't be thinking about dresses at all." Then Bailey meets Laurel, an older girl who is touched and inspired by Bailey's imagination and courage. In friendship, the two of them begin making dresses together. And Bailey's dreams come true!

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Ages 3–8

And Tango Makes Three

Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell

In the zoo there are all kinds of animal families. But Tango's family is not like any of the others. This illustrated children's book fictionalizes the true story of two male penguins who became partners and raised a penguin chick in the Central Park Zoo.

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