At Children’s Books Ireland we champion diverse and inclusive books that best reflect the world, with characters of all genders and sexualities and families of all kinds. We believe that everyone deserves to see their story within the pages of an excellent book.
The Read with Pride reading guide 2026 contains 100 LGBTQ+ inclusive stories for young readers aged 0–18 with 100 recommended ‘read also’ titles for further reading.
Fourteen-year-old Georgie’s world is miniscule and deeply unpleasant. Full of rage and terror and unable to express his fears and feelings with his voice, Georgie is confined to his bedroom in a children’s home, where every interaction he has is fraught and frightening. When he’s moved to a new home where people are interested in him and not just his behaviour, a door finally opens for Georgie, but stepping through is the hardest thing he’s ever done.
When April is invited to spend the weekend in a remote country house with the handsome Carl and his wealthy friends, the offer seems too good to refuse – even with a spate of recent killings making headlines in Cork. But when a masked killer shows up at their door and begins to hunt her new friends for sport, April will have to rely on everything she’s learned from horror films to survive the night.
One of the most beautifully designed books this reviewer has ever come across, Nature’s Dance combines design, artwork, and scientific research to celebrate ‘movement, cooperation, and the profound intelligence of the natural world.’
‘I loved you from the beginning,’ reads the love letter from the future that shapes Emma’s final year of high school and sets her on a new trajectory in all facets of her life.
The stakes have never been higher for Seraphine and Ransom as they are in The Dragon and the Dove, the final book in the City of Fantome series. Ransom's magic is eating away at his soul and Sera can hardly stay upright as she creates more and more saints to defend Fantome. Can they defeat the silver-tongued Saint before everyone turns to his side?
This compelling début novel follows Hope as she journeys from Dublin to the renowned Pavlovgrad Ballet School, to learn from some of the best teachers Russia has to offer. While this trip is a dream come true, it also brings many new challenges – language and culture differences, strict teachers, homesickness, and a great deal of uncertainty.
Sa ghreannán iontach seo faighimid cuntas dialainne an déagóra Lia faoina saol agus í ina cónaí lena máthair sa chathair. Tá an bheirt acu an-mhór lena chéile agus tá caidreamh neamhghnách eatarthu – tá máthair Lia gafa le cluichí ríomhaire, ní féidir léi cócaireacht agus scanraíonn sí í féin lena taibhscéalta! Níl an t-ádh le máthair Lia ó thaobh cúrsaí grá de agus beartaíonn Lia chun cabhrú léi trí í a chur in aithne don chomharsan nua, Ruaidhrí.
‘Níl seans dá laghad ann go mbraitheann Nick an bealach céanna [fúmsa] … nó an mbraitheann?’ Sin an cheist atá ag déanamh tinnis do Charlie sa chéad leabhar Heartstopper. Ach tá deireadh le héiginnteacht agus le crá croí faoin tríú leabhar, más aon chomhartha an sliocht seo as dialann Nick: ‘is buachaillí muid go hoifigiúil agus is breá liom é sin a rá’.
When seventeen-year-old Sam, who has cerebral palsy, is once again excluded from a class trip because the school bus is not wheelchair accessible, he decides to start a fundraiser to raise money for an inclusive bus. While the bus may be the catalyst for this story, what unfolds goes far beyond any fundraiser.
