by the light of the moon...

So what will I blog about? Hmmmm...heteronormativity...well, how about kids?

if 10% of kids are queer/questioning/will be queer someday, let's help them feel safe and normal, and help other kids learn that this is normal. Parents, uncles, aunts, babysitters, make at least 10% of books on your kid's shelves about queer kids or queer families. And especially, let's have a few out there like M or F? which (although I haven't read it yet, as I just found it on amazon) purports to actually be a happy story about queer youth, which is a narrative we desperately need.

What? You say there aren't enough books about queer families/kids? Moon blogger (and Amazon) to the rescue!

Here are some options that I found. I have not read them all so I cannot vouch for the quality, but I'm assuming that most of them should be pretty great:

For little kids:

Heather Has Two Mommies
Daddy's Roommate
ABC A Family Alphabet Book
The Family Book
It's Okay To Be Different
Emma and Meesha My Boy: A Two Mom Story
One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads
Who's in a Family?

For older kids:
Geography Club
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer and Questioning Teens
Totally Joe
How It Feels to Have a Gay or Lesbian Parent: A Book by Kids for Kids of All Ages
The Heart Has Its Reasons : Young Adult Literature with Gay/Lesbian/Queer Content, 1969-2004
M or F?

Lullabies to Sing at Night:
Everything's Possible by Fred Small, on his album No Limit

Happy shopping! Go wild!

Two other quick notes:
- All these books should also be available on more small-family busness friendly bookstore websites like Powell's, so don't feel obligated to use my Amazon links. I'm just being lazy, and I will stop soon. :)
- This list does not have enough teen fic with strong female queer characters, but I'm assuming these would be easy enough to find at a good feminist bookstore or website.

... I'm going to bed now!