Books about gender and sex roles are studied frequently by Curriculum Collection patrons. This page is intended to make searching for these books easier. Below is an extensive, though not comprehensive, list of titles in our collection. Clicking on a book title will lead to the catalog entry, where a summary and list of topics covered within it can be found.
The topics of gender and sex roles can also be searched as keywords from the Curriculum Collection web page. However, cataloging has not always served the gender, sex roles, and LGBT topics well, and many fiction titles lack specific subject headings. Looking at the reference title, LGBTQAI+ Books for Children and Teens: Providing a Window for All (CCM) (REF) HQ 73 .D677 2018, could provide more options.
Picture Books and Other Short Books
Baldacchino, Christine. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress. (PICT) B175m
Banks, Kate. Mama's Coming Home. (PICT) B218mc
Brannen, Sarah. Uncle Bobby's Wedding. (PICT) B8216u
Brenner, Barbara. The Prince & the Pink Blanket. (PICT) B8382p
Bridges, Shirin Yim. Ruby's Wish. (PICT) B8513r
Carlson, Nancy. Louanne Pig in Making the Team. C2842l
Carrick, Malcolm. Mr. Tod's Trap. C3165m
Curato, Mike. Worm Loves Worm. (PICT) A938w 2016
DePaola, Tomie. The Art Lesson. (PICT) D419ar
Oliver Button is a Sissy. (PICT) D419o
Douglass, Barbara. The Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest. (PICT) N812c
Elwin, Rosamund. Asha's Mums. (PICT) E5231a
Ewert, Marcus. 10,000 Dresses. (PICT) E947t
Fierstein, Harvey. The Sissy Duckling. (PICT) F465s 2002 / (PICT) F465s 2005
Gag, Wanda. Gone is Gone, or, the Story of a Man Who Wanted to Do Housework. (PICT) G132g
Geeslin, Campbell. Elena's Serenade. (PICT) G298e / (REF) Americas 2004 G298e
Gould, Lois. X, a Fabulous Child's Story. (PICT) G697x
Haan, Linda de. King & King. (PICT) H1117k
Herthel, Jessica and Jazz Jennings. I am Jazz! 306.76 H574i 2014
Hopkinson, Deborah. Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings. (PICT) H797g
Howard, Elizabeth Fitzgerald. Virgie Goes to School with Us Boys. (PICT) H848v
Isadora, Rachel. Max. (PICT) I74m
Kay, Verla. Rough, Tough Charley. 921 P246k
Kilodavis, Cheryl. My Princess Boy: A Mom's Story About a Young Boy Who Loves to Dress Up. 301.41 K488m
Klein, Norma. A Train for Jane. (PICT) K643t
Leaf, Munro. The Story of Ferdinand. (PICT) L434s
Lester, Helen. Hooway for Wodney Wat. (PICT) L6418h
Levy, Elizabeth. Nice Little Girls. (PICT) L6678n
Love, Jessica. Julián is a Mermaid. (PICT) L897j 2018
Mayeno, Laurin. One of a Kind, Like Me = Único Como Yo. 460 M468o 2016
McCully, Emily Arnold. Beautiful Warrior: Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu. (PICT) M1328b
McKee, David. Snow Woman. (PICT) M1532s
Newman, Leslea. Belinda's Bouquet. (PICT) N5528b
Daddy, Papa, and Me. (BOARD) N5528d
Heather Has Two Mommies. (PICT) N5528h
Mommy, Mama, and Me. (BOARD) N5528m
Oelschlager, Vanita. A Tale of Two Daddies. (PICT) O288t
A Tale of Two Mommies. (PICT) O288tm
Okimoto, Jean Davies. The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption. (PICT) O415w
Pearson, Susan. Everybody Knows That! (PICT) P362e
Pitman, Gayle E. This Day in June. (PICT) P6854t 2014
Polacco, Patricia. In Our Mothers' House. (PICT) P762io
Richardson, Justin. And Tango Makes Three. (PICT) R5238a
Rudolph, Marguerita. The Sneaky Machine. (PICT) R917s
Setterington, Ken. Mom and Mum are Getting Married! (PICT) S4951m
Smith, Lane. Madam President. (PICT) S6542m
Thomas, Pat. This is My Family: A First Look at Same-Sex Parents. 306.874 T454t
Willhoite, Michael. Daddy's Roommate. (PICT) W7148d
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Tomboy Trouble. W979t
Zolotow, Charlotte. William's Doll. (PICT) Z86wi
YA Novels and Longer, More Difficult Books for Older Readers
Bates, Betty. The Great Male Conspiracy. B329g
Bauer, Marion Dane (editor). Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence. 808.83 A479
Birdsall, Bridget. Double Exposure. B6179d
Callender, Kheryn. Hurricane Child. C157h 2018
Chbosky, Stephen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower. C513p
Chibbaro, Julie. Deadly. C5327d
Correia, Tony. Same Love. C825s 2017
Cronn-Mills, Kirstin. Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. C9479b
Daniels, April. Dreadnought. D185d 2017
Dooley, Sarah. Ashes to Asheville. D689a 2017
Downham, Jenny. Unbecoming. D749u 2016
Ellis, Deborah. The Breadwinner. E472b
Federle, Tim. Better Nate Than Ever. F2939b 2013
Fine, Anne. Alias Madame Doubtfire. F495a
Gino, Alex. George. G492g 2015
Grahame, Kenneth. The Reluctant Dragon. G742r
Green, John and David Levithan. Will Grayson, Will Grayson. G796w
Greenwald, Sheila. The Secret in Miranda's Closet. G816s
Holm, Jennifer L. Our Only May Amelia. H748o
Huser, Glen. Stitches. H969s
Katcher, Brian. Almost Perfect. K1964a
Knudson, R. R. Zanbanger. K745z
Zanballer. K745zb
Kuklin, Susan. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out. 306.76 K95b
Lauren, Christina. Autoboyography. L378a 2017
Lecesne, James. Trevor. L457t
Levithan, David. Boy Meets Boy. L6664b
Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List: A Novel. L6664n
Two Boys Kissing. L6664t 2013
Lichtman, Wendy. The Boy Who Wanted a Baby. L699b
McLemore, Anna-Marie. When the Moon Was Ours. M4787w 2016
Messner, Kate. Marty McGuire. M5857m
Newman, Leslea. October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard. N5528o
Perkins, Mitali. Rickshaw Girl. P4481r
Peters, Julie Anne. Luna. P482l
Podos, Rebecca. Like Water. P7428l 2017
Reeve, Philip. Fever Crumb. R333f
Russo, Meredith. If I was Your Girl. R9697i 2016
Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow Boys. S2111r
Silvera, Adam. More Happy Than Not. S586m 2015
Smith, Andrew. Grasshopper Jungle: A History. S6422g
Spinelli, Jerry. There's a Girl in My Hammerlock. S7573t
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. The House of Djinn. S794hd
Shabanu: Daughter of the Wind. S794s
Stevenson, Robin. Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community. 306.76 R658p 2016
Surmelis, Angelo. The Dangerous Art of Blending In. S9618d 2019
Ure, Jean. What if They Saw Me Now? U75w
Walden, Tillie. On A Sunbeam. W1636o 2018
Walliams, David. The Boy in the Dress. W2111b
Walter, Mildred Pitts. Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World. W233j
Wang, Jen. The Prince and the Dressmaker. W2458p 2018
Wilson, Martin. We Now Return to Regular Life: A Novel. W7494w 2017
Wittlinger, Ellen. Parrotfish. W8324p