Join us as we celebrate June as a Rainbow Book Month! To acknowledge this initiative of the American Library Association’s Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services, we have created lists with resources that patrons of all ages can enjoy.
Books for Adults
“Midlife Crisis” by Audra North
“Naturally Tan” by Tan France
“This is How It Always Is” by Laurie Frankel
“Girl, Woman, Other” by Bernardine Evaristo
“Lead Me Not” by Ann Gallagher
“Family Pride” by Michael Shelton
“Boy Erased” by Garrard Conley
“Love Wins” by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell
“Over The Top” by Jonathan Van Ness
“Forward” by Abby Wombach
Books for Teens
“All Out” by Saundra Mitchell
“Just Between Us” by J.H. Trumble
“Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda” by Becky Albertalli
“Boy Meets Boy” by David Levithan
“It’s Not Like It’s a Secret” by Misa Sugiura
“Symptoms of Being Human” by Jeff Garvin
“Every Day” by David Levithan
“I’ll Give You the Sun” by Jandy Nelson
“The Summer I Wasn’t Me” by Jessica Verdi
“None of the Above” by I.W. Gregorio
Books for Children and Tweens
“Lily and Dunkin” by Donna Gephart
“The Pants Project” by Cat Clarke
“10,000 Dresses” by Marcus Ewert
“Perfectly Norman” by Tom Percival
“Drama” by Raina Telgemeier
“The List of Things That Will Not Change” by Rebecca Stead
“Gracefully Grayson” by Ami Polonsky
“Drum Roll, Please” by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
“This Day in June” by Gayle E. Pitman
“The Flower Girl Wore Celery” by Meryl G. Gordon
Movies and Documentaries
“Out in the Open” on Kanopy
“In My Shoes” on Kanopy
“Cloudburst” on Kanopy
“Queer City” on Kanopy
“Tomboy” on Kanopy
“52 Tuesdays” on hoopla
“My Summer of Love” on hoopla
“Real Boy” on Kanopy
“After Stonewall” on hoopla
“I Am The Queen” on hoopla
Written by and posted on behalf of Tana Petrov and Marleigha Evans, Outreach Services Department.