Category: LGBTQ+

• Halloween Holidays LGBTQ+

  Author Spotlight: An Interview with CK Malone

  Spooky season is upon us, so this month’s Author Spotlight has a Halloween twist! Today, I’m thrilled to be chatting with my friend CK Malone today about their debut picture book A Costume For Charly. C.K. Malone (they/them) is a bigender award-winning educator and literature coach at the secondary level. When…

  October 7, 2022
• Biography LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction Pride

  Review: Kind Like Marsha

  Today I’m sharing a book that I’m certain will be on my list of favorites for 2022. Kind Like Marsha: Learning From LGBTQ+ Leaders by Sarah Prager and Cheryl “Ras” Thuesday is a fantastic book that fills a huge hole in the picture book market. Kind Like Marsha is a…

  August 1, 2022
• Diverse Family Structures Homoparental Families LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ+ Pride

  Review: ‘Twas the Night Before Pride

  I can’t believe Pride Month is only two days away! While I was trying to figure out where the month of May went, I thought of the perfect book to share as Pride approaches. ‘Twas The Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick and Juana Medina is a beautiful picture book…

  May 30, 2022
• Activism Diverse Family Structures Homoparental Families Interviews LGBTQ Rights LGBTQ+

  On Book Banning: An Interview with Banned Book Authors Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

  In the last year, the US has seen a dramatic rise in book banning. Schools and libraries across the country are removing books about gender, race, sexual health, sexual orientation, and even the holocaust. It’s hard to discuss the rise in book bans without discussing the introduction of bills restricting…

  April 28, 2022
• Diverse Family Structures Homoparental Families LGBTQ+ Reviews

  Review: Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle

  I am thrilled to be sharing another one of my Most Anticipated Picture Books of 2022 with you all again today! Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour and Kaylani Juanita is a beautiful picture book filled to the brim with love, and it has exceeded…

  March 23, 2022
• Activism LGBTQ+ Racial and Cultural Diversity

  Flashback Friday: Sylvia and Marsha Start A Revolution

  No Women’s History Month should go by without commending the brave transgender women of color who started an LGBTQ+ revolution. So for today’s Flashback Friday, I am sharing Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution by Joy Michael Ellison and Teshika Silver, a picture book that does just that. Though there…

  March 18, 2022
• LGBTQ+

  Review: Love, Violet

  I am so excited to share another one of my most anticipated titles of the year with you all for Valentine’s Day! Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Charlene Chua is a beautiful picture book with the kind of queer representation I wish I had seen in books as…

  February 14, 2022
• Author Spotlight LGBTQ+

  Author Spotlight: Adria Karlsson

  It’s time for another Author Spotlight! I’m thrilled to be chatting with Adria Karlsson today about her debut picture book, My Sister, Daisy. Hi Adria, I want to thank you so much for joining me today! Before we dive in, would you like to introduce yourself to Mutually Inclusive’s Readers?…

  January 6, 2022
• LGBTQ+ Reviews

  Book Tour Stop: A Home Again

  I’m thrilled to be participating in the book tour for A Home Again by Colleen Rowan Kosinski and Valeria Docampo today. This sweet picture book is all about how a house becomes a home, and it hit close to home for me (pun not intended) since our family is just…

  October 27, 2021
• Holidays LGBTQ+ Pride

  30 LGBTQ+ Children’s Books For Pride Month

  It’s almost June, and we all know what that means! It’s Pride, y’all! Though the first Pride rally was celebrated over 50 years ago, the queer community is still one of the most underrepresented voices in children’s books today. So whether you’re a queer family or are raising active allies,…

  May 31, 2021