Top 10 LGBTQ+ books for children and teens, chosen by Sarah Webb
As protesters demand that libraries remove books with LGBTQ+ themes, we celebrate publications that deal with the issue sensitively – and are also great reads
Our Big Day by Bob Johnson and Michael Emberley is told by Uncle David’s young niece in the run up to his wedding day
Sarah Webb
Children’s books dealing with LGBTQ+ relationships have been the focus of unwelcome attention in recent weeks as protesters called for libraries to take certain publications off the shelves. These include This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson.
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Writer Richard Ford among big names at the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas and Dalkey's Book Festival
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‘The Bee Sting is the finest novel that Paul Murray has yet written’ – John Boyne
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Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong revels in nature’s chaos and the West’s wild Atlantic ways
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Katriona O’Sullivan’s rage at a society which turns its back on children like her comes from agonising experience
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‘The notion of looking at yourself down below was an absolute mortal sin. It was revolutionary at the time’
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