Pride Reading Guide 2023
Supported by An Post, our Pride Reading Guide 2023 contains 200 LGBTQ+ inclusive stories for young readers aged 0–18.
Theme:
LGBTQ+
Reading Matters reading guide
Published in September 2023, 'Reading Matters' sees the return of the 'best of the year' format to our annual reading guide.
Inis magazine: issue 66, July 2022
Inis is the magazine of Children's Books Ireland. Within these pages you will find features and articles on Irish and international children's books as well as in-depth reviews of new titles for children and teenagers. With its range of expert contributors, this is a key resource for teachers, writers, illustrators, librarians, parents/guardians and everyone interested in children's books.
Overemotional
Overemotional follows teenage Stephen as he deals with emotions that manifest as powers, often in a way he can’t quite control. When things with Stephen’s powers take a tragic turn, he flees to the bleak town of Grunsby-on-Sea.
Inis magazine: issue 69, July 2023
Inis is the magazine of Children's Books Ireland. Within these pages you will find features and articles on Irish and international children's books as well as in-depth reviews of new titles for children and teenagers. With its range of expert contributors, this is a key resource for teachers, writers, illustrators, librarians, parents/guardians and everyone interested in children's books.
Just Like Everyone Else
When you’re a tween all you want is to be ‘just like everyone else’, preferring not to stand out. This interesting coming-of-age story for older kids and teens explores this feeling, looking at issues such as identity, family, difference, and self-acceptance. The award-winning author Sarah Hagger-Holt,has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal and in her latest novel also deals sensitively with the topic of surrogacy.
This Wicked Fate
This Wicked Fate is the second and final book in Kalynn Bayron’s mesmerising duology that is rooted in Greek mythology. This is the ideal book for teenagers that have graduated from Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson series and are looking for another series based on ancient history to sink their teeth into.
Cinder & Ella
Cinder, despite her difficult homelife with her stepmother and brothers, dreams of Princess Ella, while Ella’s family seek to find her a husband and prince. Does Ella want a prince? Will Cinder and Ella have the chance to meet and fall in love? A beautiful story accompanied by eye-catching illustrations that delivers a joyous celebration of the fairytale Cinderella and of LGBTQ+ love and lives
My Friend, Loonie
LaCour’s beautifully bright book perfectly captures the amazing way children can find wonder in almost anything. My Friend, Loonie is a sweet story about a little girl who loves her balloon. She sings and dances with the balloon, she looks out the window with the balloon, this wonderful yellow balloon even keeps her company while she does her homework! So, you can imagine how upset she was when her balloon floated away …
The Dos and Donuts of Love
The Dos and Donuts of Love follows an Irish Bangladeshi 17-year-old on her baking journey as a contestant on the Bake Off inspired Junior Irish Baking Show. This pun-filled, queer love story will have you craving donuts and the Bengali desserts Shireen so passionately makes.
