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Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

Gay and Lesbian Themes and Topics in Selected Children's and Young Adult Books

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  • 41 Videos
  • 33 Book Readings
  • 62 Lesson Plans
  • Total of 717 resources

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After Tupac and D Foster
After Tupac and D Foster
  • by Jacqueline Woodson
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    Will Grayson, Will Grayson
    Will Grayson, Will Grayson
  • by John Green and David Levithan
    • Multimedia Resources: 21
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    It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
    It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health
  • by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
    Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
  • by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
    • Multimedia Resources: 20
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    It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families
    It's So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families
  • by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
    • Multimedia Resources: 18
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    Ash
    Ash
  • by Malinda Lo
    • Multimedia Resources: 17
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    October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
    October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard
  • by Lesléa Newman
    • Multimedia Resources: 15
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    Ask the Passengers
    Ask the Passengers
  • by A.S. King
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    Diverse Energies
    Diverse Energies
  • by Paolo Bacigalupi, Ursula K. LeGuin, Malinda Lo, and Cindy Pon
    • Multimedia Resources: 14
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    And Tango Makes Three
    And Tango Makes Three
  • by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Miseducation of Cameron Post, The
    The Miseducation of Cameron Post
  • by Emily M. Danforth
    • Multimedia Resources: 13
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    Geography Club
    Geography Club
  • by Brent Hartinger
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Totally Joe
    Totally Joe
  • by James Howe
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Weetzie Bat
    Weetzie Bat
  • by Francesca Lia Block
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Boy in the Dress, The
    The Boy in the Dress
  • by David Walliams and Quentin Blake
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Beauty Queens
    Beauty Queens
  • by Libba Bray
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    See You at Harry's
    See You at Harry's
  • by Jo Knowles
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
    Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out
  • by Susan Kuklin
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Jacob's New Dress
    Jacob's New Dress
  • by Sarah Hoffman, Ian Hoffman, and Chris Case
    • Multimedia Resources: 12
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    Skim
    Skim
  • by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    Heather Has Two Mommies
    Heather Has Two Mommies
  • by Lesléa Newman and Diana Souza
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    My Princess Boy
    My Princess Boy
  • by Cheryl Kilodavis and Suzanne DeSimone
    • Multimedia Resources: 11
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    True Believer
    True Believer
  • by Virginia Euwer Wolff
    • Multimedia Resources: 10
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    Boy Meets Boy
    Boy Meets Boy
  • by David Levithan
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Parrotfish
    Parrotfish
  • by Ellen Wittlinger
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Oliver Button Is a Sissy
    Oliver Button Is a Sissy
  • by Tomie dePaola
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Mommy, Mama, and Me
    Mommy, Mama, and Me
  • by Lesléa Newman and Carol Thompson
    • Multimedia Resources: 9
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    Absolutely, Positively Not
    Absolutely, Positively Not
  • by David LaRochelle
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Daddy, Papa, and Me
    Daddy, Papa, and Me
  • by Lesléa Newman and Carol Thompson
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Felicia's Favorite Story
    Felicia's Favorite Story
  • by Lesléa Newman and Adriana Romo
    • Multimedia Resources: 8
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    Luna: A Novel
    Luna: A Novel
  • by Julie Anne Peters
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
    Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
  • by Peter Cameron
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
    Research for the Social Improvement and General Betterment of Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang
  • by Amy Ignatow
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Full Spectrum, The: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
    The Full Spectrum: A New Generation of Writing about Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities
  • by David Levithan and Billy Merrell
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
    Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
  • by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    In Our Mothers' House
    In Our Mothers' House
  • by Patricia Polacco
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order)
    37 Things I Love (in No Particular Order)
  • by Kekla Magoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 7
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    Rainbow Boys
    Rainbow Boys
  • by Alex Sanchez
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    So Hard to Say
    So Hard to Say
  • by Alex Sanchez
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
    Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe
  • by Vera B. Williams
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Annie on My Mind
    Annie on My Mind
  • by Nancy Garden
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    How They Met, and Other Stories
    How They Met, and Other Stories
  • by David Levithan
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    I Am J
    I Am J
  • by Cris Beam
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Rainbow High
    Rainbow High
  • by Alex Sanchez
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
    Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress
  • by Christine Baldacchino and Isabelle Malenfant
    • Multimedia Resources: 6
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    Families
    Families
  • by Susan Kuklin
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Just Us Women
    Just Us Women
  • by Jeannette Caines and Pat Cummings
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    My Heartbeat
    My Heartbeat
  • by Garret Freymann-Weyr
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Hear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the Present
    Hear Us Out!: Lesbian and Gay Stories of Struggle, Progress, and Hope, 1950 to the Present
  • by Nancy Garden
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Molly's Family
    Molly's Family
  • by Nancy Garden and Sharon Wooding
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park
    My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins & Fenway Park
  • by Steve Kluger
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Down to the Bone
    Down to the Bone
  • by Mayra Lazara Dole
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Love & Lies: Marisol's Story
    Love & Lies: Marisol's Story
  • by Ellen Wittlinger
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    King & King
    King & King
  • by Linda deHaan and Stern Nijland
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Personal Effects
    Personal Effects
  • by E.M. Kokie
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Arizona Kid, The
    The Arizona Kid
  • by Ron Koertge
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Silhouette of a Sparrow
    Silhouette of a Sparrow
  • by Molly Beth Griffin
    • Multimedia Resources: 5
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    Keeping You a Secret
    Keeping You a Secret
  • by Julie Anne Peters
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Order of the Poison Oak, The
    The Order of the Poison Oak
  • by Brent Hartinger
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Split Screen: Attack of the Soul Sucking Brain Zombies
    Split Screen: Attack of the Soul Sucking Brain Zombies
  • by Brent Hartinger
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
    Pedro and Me: Friendship, Loss and What I Learned
  • by Judd Winnick
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Enchanted Hair Tale, An
    An Enchanted Hair Tale
  • by Alexis De Veaux and Cheryl Hanna
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Harvey Milk Story, The
    The Harvey Milk Story
  • by Kari Krakow and David C. Gardner
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Out of the Pocket
    Out of the Pocket
  • by Bill Konigsberg
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Gay America: Struggle for Equality
    Gay America: Struggle for Equality
  • by Linas Alsenas
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Stitches
    Stitches
  • by Glen Huser
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Sister Mischief
    Sister Mischief
  • by Laura Goode
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Monday Is One Day
    Monday Is One Day
  • by Arthur A. Levine and Julian Hector
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Orphea Proud
    Orphea Proud
  • by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts
    Dance on My Grave: A Life and a Death in Four Parts
  • by Aidan Chambers
    • Multimedia Resources: 4
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    Mother for Choco, A
    A Mother for Choco
  • by Keiko Kasza
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Touching Snow
    Touching Snow
  • by M. Sindy Felin
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Far from Xanadu
    Far from Xanadu
  • by Julie Anne Peters
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Empress of the World
    Empress of the World
  • by Sara Ryan
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    What if Someone I Know is Gay?: Answers to Questions About What it Means to be Gay and Lesbian
    What if Someone I Know is Gay?: Answers to Questions About What it Means to be Gay and Lesbian
  • by Eric Marcus
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Uncle Bobby's Wedding
    Uncle Bobby's Wedding
  • by Sarah S. Brannen
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    M+O 4EVR
    M+O 4EVR
  • by Tonya Cherie Hegamin
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    7 Days at the Hot Corner
    7 Days at the Hot Corner
  • by Terry Trueman
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    What They Always Tell Us
    What They Always Tell Us
  • by Martin Wilson
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Freaks and Revelations
    Freaks and Revelations
  • by Davida Wills Hurwin
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Sprout: Or My Salad Days, When I Was Green in Judgment
    Sprout: Or My Salad Days, When I Was Green in Judgment
  • by Dale Peck
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    My Two Uncles
    My Two Uncles
  • by Judith Vigna
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Sissy Duckling, The
    The Sissy Duckling
  • by Harvey Fierstein and Henry Cole
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Difference Between You and Me, The
    The Difference Between You and Me
  • by Madeleine George
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Hearing Us Out: Voices from the Gay and Lesbian Community
    Hearing Us Out: Voices from the Gay and Lesbian Community
  • by Roger Sutton and Lisa Ebright
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Unlived Affections
    Unlived Affections
  • by George Shannon
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Outspoken: Role Models from the Lesbian and Gay Community
    Outspoken: Role Models from the Lesbian and Gay Community
  • by Michael Thomas Ford
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
    How Would You Feel If Your Dad Was Gay?
  • by Ann Heron, Kris Kovick, and Meredith Maran
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Between Mom and Jo
    Between Mom and Jo
  • by Julie Anne Peters
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Deliver Us from Evie
    Deliver Us from Evie
  • by M.E. Kerr
    • Multimedia Resources: 3
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    Freak Show
    Freak Show
  • by James St. James
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Grl2grl: Short Fictions
    Grl2grl: Short Fictions
  • by Julie Anne Peters
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath
    Two Parties, One Tux, and a Very Short Film about the Grapes of Wrath
  • by Steven Goldman
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Saints of Augustine
    Saints of Augustine
  • by P.E. Ryan
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol
    Uncle Andy's: A Faabbbulous Visit with Andy Warhol
  • by James Warhola
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
    Awkward and Definition: The High School Comic Chronicles of Ariel Schrag
  • by Ariel Schrag
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
    How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity
  • by Michael Cart
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Asha's Mums
    Asha's Mums
  • by Rosamund Elwin and Michele Paulse
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Damned Strong Love
    by
    Lutz Van Dijk
    Damned Strong Love
  • by Lutz Van Dijk
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    King & King & Family
    King & King & Family
  • by Linda deHaan and Stern Nijland
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love
    Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love
  • by Aylette Jenness
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Daddy's Roommate
    Daddy's Roommate
  • by Michael Willhoite
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Pugdog
    Pugdog
  • by Andrea U'Ren
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Two Teenagers in 20: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth
    Two Teenagers in 20: Writings by Gay and Lesbian Youth
  • by Ann Heron
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Tale of Two Daddies, A
    A Tale of Two Daddies
  • by Vanita Oelschlager and Kristin Blackwood
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge
    It's a Girl Thing: How to Stay Healthy, Safe and in Charge
  • by Mavis Jukes and Bonnie Timmons
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Asking about Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls
    Asking about Sex and Growing Up: A Question-And-Answer Book for Boys and Girls
  • by Joanna Cole and Alan Tiegreen
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Name Me Nobody
    Name Me Nobody
  • by Lois-Ann Yamanaka
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Twelve Long Months
    Twelve Long Months
  • by Brian Malloy
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Shared Heart: Portraits & Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Young People
    Shared Heart: Portraits & Stories Celebrating Lesbian, Gay, & Bisexual Young People
  • by Adam Mastoon
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    123 A Family Counting Book
    123 A Family Counting Book
  • by Bobbie Combs and Danamarie Hosler
    • Multimedia Resources: 2
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    Debbie Harry Sings in French
    Debbie Harry Sings in French
  • by Meagan Brothers
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Black Rabbit Summer
    Black Rabbit Summer
  • by Kevin Brooks
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    David Inside Out
    David Inside Out
  • by Lee Bantle
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Evil?
    Evil?
  • by Timothy Carter
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Zack's Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents
    Zack's Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents
  • by Keith Elliot Greenberg and Carol Halebian
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Gay Rights
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    Judith C. Galas
    Gay Rights
  • by Judith C. Galas and Tina Kafka
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Know about Gays and Lesbians
    Know about Gays and Lesbians
  • by Margaret O. Hyde and Elizabeth H. Forsyth
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    ABC a Family Alphabet Book
    ABC a Family Alphabet Book
  • by Bobbie Combs
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology
    Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology
  • by Bennett L. Singer
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Gay and Lesbian Youth
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    Gail B. Stewart
    Gay and Lesbian Youth
  • by Gail B. Stewart
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    Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story about Growing Up Gay
    Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story about Growing Up Gay
  • by Aaron Fricke
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Understanding Sexual Identity: A Book for Gay Teens and Their Friends
    Understanding Sexual Identity: A Book for Gay Teens and Their Friends
  • by Janice E. Rench
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Coping When a Parent Is Gay
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    Deborah Miller
    Coping When a Parent Is Gay
  • by Deborah Miller
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies
    Else-Marie and Her Seven Little Daddies
  • by Pija Lindenbaum and Gabrielle Charbonnet
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle
    Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle
  • by Pija Lindenbaum
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Jack
    Jack
  • by A.M. Homes
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Free Your Mind
    Free Your Mind
  • by Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Journey Out: A Guide for and about Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens
    Journey Out: A Guide for and about Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Teens
  • by Rachel Pollack and Cheryl Schwartz
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Four Dorothys
    Four Dorothys
  • by Paul Ruditis
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    Straight Road to Kylie
    Straight Road to Kylie
  • by Nico Medina
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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    My Mom is So Unusual
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    Iris Loewen
    My Mom is So Unusual
  • by Iris Loewen and Alan Pakarnyk
    • Multimedia Resources: 1
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