Ideal Bookshelf 1170: Young Pride
In June 2020, you told Jane, via Instagram, books for Pride month featuring LGBTQIA+ characters, and she made it into two Ideal Bookshelf sets, including this one for Kids, Middle Grade, and Young Adult readers. First offered in July 2020, updated in June 2023 Archival pigment ink print on fine art paper Based on original paintings by Jane Mount LIST OF BOOKS All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson Almost Perfect by Brian Katcher And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz Birthday by Meredith Russo Blue Is the Warmest Color by Julie Maron Boy Meets Boy by David Levithan Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender Heartstopper (Vol. 1) by Alice Oseman I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel, Jazz Jennings, and Shelagh McNicholas I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Melinda Lo Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian Melissa by Alex Gino On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Sewing the Rainbow by Gayle E. Pitman Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith Stonewall: A Building, an Uprsing, a Revolution by Rob Sanders & Jamey Christoph Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera This Book Is Gay by Juno Dawson We Are Okay by Nina LaCour When Aidan Became a Brother by Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson