The Library
Hiya Feminist Friends!
Imagine if we, as feminist families, could gather in a local library and sip tea (or coffee) together. We could pour over the pages of these beautiful books and plan the feminist utopia for our children. Until this is a reality, please enjoy this curated list of feminist children’s books.
I have organised the books by theme as best as I can, sometimes a book may appear in two categories. Please know this list is constantly being updated. If you have suggestions for titles that need to be added please feel free to email me on kate@futurefeminists.org
Feel free to print this list out, screenshot, send it to your friends, request these books from your library or ask your local indie bookshop to order them in. You may even be able to find them second-hand online.
In solidarity as always,
Kate BC x
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      Bye Bye Binary by Eric Geron and Charlene Chua C is For Consent by Eleanor Morrison Feminist Baby by Loryn Brantz Feminist Baby Finds Her Voice by Loryn Brantz Feminist Baby (He’s a Feminist Too) by Loryn Brantz HAIR by Kate Bullen-Casanova (me!) and Freya Bennett Feminism is for Boys by Elizabeth Rhodes My Feminist ABC by Irene Pizzolante Izzy Gizmo by Pip Jones and Sara Ogilvie A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara Hats of Faith by Medeia Cohan and Sarah Walsh We are Little Feminists: Families We are Little Feminists: On the Go We are Little Feminists: Hair My First Book of Girl Power by Julie Merberg Baby Business by Jasmine Seymor 
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      The Girls - Lauren Ace & Jenny Lovlie Rosie Revere Engineer - Beaty/Roberts Ada Twist, Scientist - Beaty/Roberts Bronte: Me and My Boots - Penny Harrison & Evie Barrow ABC: What Can She Be? - Sugar Snap Studio Izzy and Frank - Katrina Lehman and Evie Barrow The Spectacular Suit - Kat Patrick & Hayley Wells Howl - Kat Patrick and Evie Barrow Princess Freya’s Great Escape - Rebecca Taylor The Paper Bag Princess - Robert Munsch Some Girls - Nelly Thomas Girls are pretty... - Susan Hoffman Ivy Bird - Tania McCartney and Jess Racklyeft The Girl and the Dinosaur - Holly Hughes Shaking Things Up: 14 Young Women Who Changed the World - Susan Hood 
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      Tough Guys Have Feelings Too - Keith Negley I’m a Boy Oh Yes I am! - K.A. Farrell Be Your Own Man - Jessica Sanders Arthur and the Tiger - Sophie Beer Some Boys - Nelly Thomas Boys will be.... - Susan Hoffman Julian is a Mermaid - Jessica Love Julian at the Wedding - Jessica Love Iggy Peck, Architect - Beaty/Roberts Pink is for Boys - Rob Pearlmann Fred Gets Dressed - Peter Brown When Langton Dances - Kaija Langley and Keith Mallett This Boy Can! - Cori Brooke The Boys - Lauren Ace and Jenny Lovlie 
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      Girls and Boys: Identity and Body - Created by Naizen Not a story book but is a free trans-inclusive educational resource pdf all about bodies. It specifically says “There are girls with a vulva and girls with a penis. There are boys with a penis and boys with a vulva.” Available to download for free here. A House for Everyone: A Story to Help Children Learn about Gender Identity - Jo Hirst and Naomi Bardoff Not Quite Narwhal - Jessie Sima This Day in June - Gayle E. Pitman Grandad’s Camper - Harry Woodgate Grandad’s Pride - Harry Woodgate (coming 2023) Who’s Your Real Mum? - Bernadette Green & Anna Zobel Love Makes a Family - Sophie Beer Red: A Crayon’s Story- Michael Hall Zoom - Sha’an D’Anthes Making a Baby: An Inclusive guide to how every family begins - Rachel Greener & Clare Owen We are Little Feminists: Families They, She, He, Easy as ABC - Maya Christina Gonzales The Art of Drag - Jake Hall What Riley Wore Being You: A First Conversation About Gender- Megan Madison The Hips of the Drag Queens Go Swish, Swish, Swish- Lil Miss Hot Mess People of Pride: RuPaul Charles- Vincent Chen Have Pride: An Inspirational History of the LGBTQ+ Movement - Grace Stewart The Girl With Two Dads - Mel Elliot When Aidan Became a Brother Kyle Lukoff and Kaylani Juanita Introducing Teddy- Jessica Walton and Dougal MacPherson Prince & Knight - Daniel Haack and Stevie Lewis Santa’s Husband - Daniel Kibblesmith Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and The Rainbow Flag- Rob Sanders Stonewall: An Uprising - Rob Sanders Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero - Ellie Royce and Hannah Chambers Uncle Bobby’s Wedding - Sarah Brannen and Lucia Soto Princess Princess Ever After - K. O’Neill The Boy and the Bindi - Vivek Shraya and Rajni Perera Our Family Pledge - Emmaline Caroll Southwell and Vivian Minekar The Trans Self-Care Workbook - Theo Nicole Lorenz From Archie to Zack - Vincent X. Kirsch ‘Twas the Night Before Pride - Joanna McClintick and Juana Medina The Rainbow Flag: Bright, Bold and Beautiful - Michelle Millar Fisher and Kat Kuang 
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      When We Say Black Lives Matter - Maxine Beneba Clarke Antiracist Baby - Ibram X Kendi The Colors of Us- Karen Katz Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness - Anastasia Higginbotham Separate Is Never Equal - Sylvia Mendez Happy in Our Skin - Fran Manushkin and Lauren Tobia Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race- Jessica Ralli Eyes that Kiss in the Corner - Joanna Ho and Dung Ho C The AntiRacist Kid- Tiffany Jewell Hair Twins - Raakee Mirchandani Muslim Girls Rise - Saira Mir and Aaliya Jaleel 
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      Hats of Faith - Medeia Cohan and Sarah Walsh The Proudest Blue - Ibtihaj Muhammed with S.K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly Rama and Sita: The Story of Diwali- Malachy Doyle & Christopher Corr The Miracle of Hannukah- Malachy Doyle & Christopher Corr Ramadan Moon- Na’ima B Robert and Shirin Adl La Noche Buena: A Christmas Story- Antonio Sacre Daddy Christmas And Hannukah Mama- Selina Alko Too Many Tamales- Gary Soto Tree of Cranes - Allen Say My First Chanukah - Tomie dePaola It’s a Miracle: A Hannukah Storybook - Stephanie Spinner Diwali - Rebecca Pettiford Amal’s Eid - Amy Maranville and Joshua Stevens Amal’s Ramadan - Amy Maranville and Joshua Stevens Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr - Holli Conger Christmas in a Noisy Village - Astrid Lingren Little Glow - Katie Sahota and Harry Woodgate The Gift of Ramadan - Rabiah York Lumbard and Laura K Horton 
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      Change Starts with Us- Sophie Beer Kindness Makes us Strong - Sophie Beer Sofia Valdez, Future Prez - Beaty/Roberts If I was Prime Minister - Beck & Robin Feiner I’m Australian Too - Mem Fox & Ronojoy Ghosh Goat on a Boat - Nick Dent and Suzanne Houghton Usborne Politics for Beginners - Louie Stowell, Alex Frith and Rosie Hore and Illustrated by Kellan Stover Get Up, Stand Up - Bob Marley lyrics turned into a book Peaceful Fights For Equal Rights - Rob Sanders If You’re Going to March - Martha Freeman and Violet Kim The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye - Cynthia Levinson and Vanessa Brantley-Newton The Pink Hat - Andrew Joyner Protest! How People Have Come Together to Change the World - Alice and Emily Haworth-Booth 
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      This is MY Body- Lil Carle Bodies are Cool - Tyler Feder All Bodies are Good Bodies - Charlotee Barkla and Erica Salcedo Love Your Body - Jessica Sanders How To Say Hello - Sophie Beer Vaginas and Periods 101: A Pop Up Book - Christian Hoeger and Kristen Lilla, Illustrated by Sara M. Lyons U.S. Stockist available here: https://period.shop/products/vaginas-and-periods-101-a-pop-up-book The Calicolour Cat - Curtis Ackie and Sydney Jackson Published by small independent publisher Formy Books - amplifying Black representation and creative talent. Find them on instagram here. What’s an Abortion Anyway? - Carly Manes Own Your Period - Chella Quint —> Inclusive book about puberty, periods, fertility all the way up to perimenopause and menopause. Welcome Period! - Yumi Stynes and Dr Melissa Kang 
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      Demystifying Disability - Emily Ladau The Brain Forest - Sandya Menon A Friend for Henry - Jenn Bailey - A sweet picture book about a book called Henry looking for a friend. Henry exhibits lots of attributes of being autistic but it is never explicitly mentioned. Wild for Winnie - Laura Marx Fitzgerald Remarkable Remy - Melanie Hayworth I am Not a Label - Cerrie Burnell Proud to be Deaf - Ava Beese Brilliant Bea - Shaina Rudolph We are Little Feminists: On the Go What Happened To You? - James Catchpole Benji, The Bad Day and Me - Sally J Pia A Friend Like Simon - Kate Gaynor 
 This book seems okay from an autistic point of view but is quite gender binary.My Friend With Autism - Beverly Bishop 
 Note: this book uses person-first instead of identity-first language, (eg. person with autism instead of autistic person). Personally, we use identity-first language with our children because listening to autistic adults has taught us to do so.When Charley Met Emma - Amy Webb and Merilee Liddiard Yes I Can! A Girl and Her Wheelchair - Kendra J. Barrett A Plan For Pops - Heather Smith and Brooke Kerrigan My Brother Otto - Meg Raby and Elisa Pallmer A story about an autistic boy called Otto and his siblings. Features use of an AAC Device, (Augmented and Alternative Communication Device) Note: This book uses language like “naughty” to describe behaviours which look like an autistic meltdown- this is not neuroaffirming. Other than this the book is a simple way of explaining some things like deep pressure, stimming and different learning and listening styles. I am Me from A-Z - Victoria Nelson Features sign language (possibly American sign language?), positive character traits of autistic people and a variety of disabilities. AAC Rhyme Time - Amanda Hartmann and Nanhee Ha Something to Say About My Communication Device - Eden Molineux Can Bears Ski? - Raymond Antrobus and Polly Dunbar A Different Sort of Normal - Abigail Balfe Good for older kids - roughly 8+ Written by an autistic author about her experience as an autistic girl and teenager. Some Brains - Nelly Thomas - Note: In the glossary, this book makes a reference to “Aspergers Syndrome” as a place on the Autism Spectrum. Through my journey parenting recently diagnosed autistic children, I commit to listening to autistic and disabled voices in the language I use. Overwhelmingly, autistic voices have said that the term “Aspergers” and other functioning labels, (eg. high functioning and low functioning) are hurtful and damaging. As such, I will not use these labels. Love Your Brain- Chrissie Davies 
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      Change Starts with Us - Sophie Beer 
 The Australian Climate Change Book - Polly Marsden and Chris Nixon
 Your Planet Needs You - Philip Bunting
 Greta and the Giants - Zoe Tucker and Zoe Persico
 You Can Change the World - Lucy Bell
 Plastic: Past, Present and Future - Eun-ju Kim and Ji-won Lee
 What A Waste: Rubbish, Recycling and Protecting Our Planet - Jess French
 Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt - Kate Messner
 Compost Stew: A Recipe for the Earth - Mary Elizabeth McKenna Siddals
 Usborne Lift the Flap: Looking After our Planet - Katie Daynes
 Usborne Climate Crisis for Beginners - Eddie Reynolds
 How Does My Garden Grow? - Gerda Muller
 Stand Up! Speak Up! A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution - Andrew Joyner