These children’s books for Pride Month are a great way to celebrate this special month with kids. They present important stories and provide opportunities for meaningful conversations. You and your kids will really enjoy them! Check out the full list of children’s books for Pride Month below!
This post highlights the following children’s books:
- Worm Loves Worm
- Red: A Crayon’s Story
- Stella Brings the Family
- And Tango Makes Three
- Julian is a Mermaid
5 Children’s Books for Pride Month
Below are 5 quality children’s books for Pride Month. Your kids will love these Pride Month read alouds! They are great spring books for celebrating Pride Month, but can be read any time of the year!
1. Worm Loves Worm by J. J. Austrian
In the book Worm Loves Worm, Worm loves Worm so they decide to get married. Their friend Cricket reminds them they need someone to marry them and offers to do it. Worm and Worm are anxious to get married, but their friends remind them of all the things a wedding needs: bridesmaids, a best man, rings, music, a cake, and the bride and groom.
Worm and Worm are different than a traditional bride and groom so their friends must help them solve their problems with a traditional wedding: they wear their rings like necklaces and wiggle instead of dance. When it is time to choose the bride and groom, Worm and Worm decide they can both be the bride and the groom. Cricket explains that is not how it has always been done, but the Worms decide to change how things have always been done. The two are happy to finally get married!
2. Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
In Red: A Crayon’s Story, Red is a crayon who has a very hard time drawing red pictures. His label says red, so even though he only draws in blue, everyone in the story tries to get him to draw red pictures. Some people think he needs more practice, and some people think he is just being lazy. No matter how hard he tries though, his red pictures always come out as blue.
One day Red meets Berry. She asks him to draw her an ocean for her boat. When he makes a beautiful ocean, he discovers that he is really blue. Everyone is amazed by the blue pictures that he draws.
Students will learn about identity and diversity as they hear a story about a crayon who was always supposed to be blue.
3. Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer
In Stella Brings the Family, Stella’s teacher tells the class they will be having a special Mother’s Day Celebration at school. Her classmates are excited, but Stella is nervous. She doesn’t have a mother like all her classmates do, she has two fathers. Stella worries about who she will bring to the party. Her classmates wonder if she doesn’t have a mother, who makes her lunch, reads her stories and gives her kisses. Stella explains that her fathers do all of that and there are a lot of people that give her kisses. Jonathan suggests that Stella bring everyone to the party and the children start preparing.
On the day of the party, Stella brings her fathers, grandmother, aunt, uncle and cousin to the party. Everyone has a great time celebrating!
4. And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
And Tango Makes Three tells the story of Roy and Silo, two male chistrap penguins. Like all the other chinstrap penguin couples in the Central Park Zoo, Roy and Silo play together, swim together, and even build a nest together. One day, they “adopt” a rock and sit on it, hoping for a baby. When a zookeeper, Rob, notices this, he takes an egg from another penguin couple, since he knew that they would have trouble taking care of two eggs at once, and gives it to Roy and Silo. Roy and Silo care for the egg and nurture it, just like any other penguin couple, and when it hatches, the baby is named Tango. The family of penguins still live in Central Park to this day.
5. Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
While riding the bus with his abuela, Julian sees three mermaids get on. Julian loves mermaids. When he and abuela get off at their stop, he is excited to tell abuela about the mermaids. The two walk home and abuela goes off to take a shower.
While she is in the shower, Julian decides to dress up as a mermaid. He uses the curtains as a tail, leaves from a plant as hair, and even puts on Abuela’s lipstick. When Abuela gets out of the shower and sees Julian, she is surprised. Abuela walks away and comes back with a pearl necklace for him to wear.
She then takes Julian to the beach, where they see a parade of other mermaids. At first, Julian is in awe of what he sees but then he and abuela join the group.
Or Get All of the Activity Packets for 600+ Picture Books!
Starts with a Story is a collection of hundreds of book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Each book companion includes:
- reading comprehension questions with sample student responses
- 30 writing prompts targeting 10 different types of writing
- SEL lesson ideas based on character and events from each story
- printable student activities
- editable teaching slides with book-based clipart
- and more.
Learn how to get unlimited access to all 600+ book companion packets below!
Teachers Love these Other Pride Month Activities for Kids
We have lots of scarecrow activities you can use in your classroom. Check out the blog post Pride Month Activities for Kids to get more ideas and teaching resources!
One Last Thing Before You Go… Grab this Free Reading Resource!
If you want to get more book ideas to read aloud to your elementary students, then grab this reading freebie for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classroom teachers. It includes:
- seasonal read aloud books lists for teachers
- printable reading logs to track students’ reading
- monthly reading challenges to motivate students to read more
It will have you covered for the entire school year, as well as the summer months! Grab this free elementary reading packet now!
