7 must-read queer books like Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family by Seamus Kirst

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Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

By: Seamus Kirst

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Harper is going to her first family reunion! She meets so many people. There's her second cousin No…

If you liked the queer plot in Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family by Seamus Kirst , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Mommy, Mama, and Me by Lesléa Newman, Carol Thompson

1. Mommy, Mama, and Me

By: Lesléa Newman , Carol Thompson

4.24

Format: 20 pages, Board Book

Rhythmic text and illustrations with universal appeal show a toddler spending the day with its momm… read more

Similar categories in Lesléa Newman's Mommy, Mama, and Me book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Sparkle Boy by Lesléa Newman, None

2. Sparkle Boy

By: Lesléa Newman , None

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Casey loves to play with his blocks, puzzles, and dump truck, but he also loves things that sparkle… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
  • lgbt
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3. The Name Jar

By: Yangsook Choi

4.14

Format: None pages,

The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, bu… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of What Can You Do with a Rebozo? by Carmen Tafolla, Amy Córdova

4. What Can You Do with a Rebozo?

By: Carmen Tafolla , Amy Córdova

3.77

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

What can you use to dress up, play hide-and-seek, carry baby brother, and DANCE with? A rebozo! In … read more

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  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni, Kristen Balouch, None, Damian Ward

5. Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat

By: Nikki Giovanni , Kristen Balouch , None , Damian Ward

4.48

Format: 448 pages,

Hip Hop Speaks to Children is a celebration of poetry with a beat. Poetry can have both a rhyme an… read more

Similar categories in Nikki Giovanni's Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
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6. Ghost Boys

By: Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.34

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"Bear witness. My tale is told Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don’t let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again"

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

"Bear witness. My tale is told. Wake. Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better. Don't let me (Or anyone else) Tell this tale again."

-Jewell Parker Rhodes, Ghost Boys

Cover of My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá by Maya Christina González, Amada Irma Pérez

7. My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá

By: Maya Christina González , Amada Irma Pérez

3.90

Format: 77 pages, Hardcover

A young girl describes her feelings when her father decides to leave their home in Mexico to look f… read more

Similar categories in Maya Christina González's My Diary from Here to There/Mi diario de aquí hasta allá book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

8. River's Edge

By: Kyōko Okazaki

3.94

Format: 450 pages,

read more

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9. Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad

By: Kadir Nelson , Ellen Levine

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

A stirring, dramatic story of a slave who mails himself to freedom by a Jane Addams Peace Award-win… read more

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10. Big

By: Vashti Harrison

4.66

Format: 60 pages, Kindle Edition

This deeply moving story shares valuable lessons about fitting in, standing out, and the beauty of … read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Pigeon Has to Go to School by Mo Willems

11. The Pigeon Has to Go to School

By: Mo Willems

4.43

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Una aventura del nostre colom preferit! El divertit i famós personatge de Mo Willems s’enfronta a u… read more

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  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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12. Flamer

By: Mike Curato

4.32

Format: 366 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more

Similar categories in Mike Curato's Flamer book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • queer
  • fiction
  • lgbt
Cover of Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story by Kevin Noble Maillard

13. Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

By: Kevin Noble Maillard

4.42

Format: 42 pages, Hardcover

Fry bread is food. It is warm and delicious, piled high on a plate. Fry bread is time. It brin… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Noble Maillard's Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • family
Cover of There’s a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

14. There’s a Ghost in This House

By: Oliver Jeffers

4.43

Format: 44 pages, Hardcover

A captivating new picture book with interactive transparent pages, from world-renowned artist Olive… read more

Similar categories in Oliver Jeffers's There’s a Ghost in This House book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Eyes that Kiss in the Corners by Joanna Ho

15. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

By: Joanna Ho

4.60

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

A young Asian girl notices that her eyes look different from her peers'. They have big, round eyes … read more

Similar categories in Joanna Ho's Eyes that Kiss in the Corners book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
"When Mama tucks me in at night, her eyes tell me I'm a miracle."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trims on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"My eyes crinkle into crescent moons and sparkle like the stars. Gold flecks dance and twirl while stories whirl in their oolong pools, carrying tales of the past and hope for the future."

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

"Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks as they twirl. Big eyes, long lashes. Not me. I have eyes that kiss on the corners and glow …"

-Joanna Ho, Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Cover of P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever by Raj Haldar

16. P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever

By: Raj Haldar

4.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Let's get real—the English language is bizarre. A might be for apple, but it's also for aisle and a… read more

Similar categories in Raj Haldar's P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña

17. Milo Imagines the World

By: Matt de la Peña

4.49

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Milo is on a long subway ride with his older sister. To pass the time, he studies the faces around … read more

Similar categories in Matt de la Peña's Milo Imagines the World book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Borders

By: Thomas King

3.93

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

A stunning graphic-novel adaptation based on the work of one of Canada’s most revered and bestselli… read more

Similar categories in Thomas King's Borders book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • fiction
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19. You Matter

By: Christian Robinson

4.15

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

They All Saw a Cat meets The Important Book in this sensitive and impactful picture book about seei… read more

Similar categories in Christian Robinson's You Matter book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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20. Remember

By: Joy Harjo

4.42

Format: 40 pages, None

Michaela Goade, invites young readers to pause and reflect on the wonder of the world around them, … read more

Similar categories in Joy Harjo's Remember book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry

21. Hair Love

By: Matthew A. Cherry

4.59

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

When mommy is away, it’s up to daddy to do his daughter’s hair in this ode to self-confidence and t… read more

Similar categories in Matthew A. Cherry's Hair Love book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • love
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
Cover of Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia

22. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography

By: Wendy Loggia

4.68

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy A… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Loggia's Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
Cover of Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon

23. Beyond the Gender Binary

By: Alok Vaid-Menon

4.49

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Beyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not … read more

Similar categories in Alok Vaid-Menon's Beyond the Gender Binary book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • queer
  • lgbt
"I learned about gender through shame."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"Critiquing gender is not the same thing as creating gender."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"The days that I feel most beautiful are the days that I am most afraid."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

"It's a surreal experience to have your personhood be reduced to a prop."

-Alok Vaid-Menon, Beyond the Gender Binary

Cover of Oona and the Shark (Oona, 2) by Kelly DiPucchio

24. Oona and the Shark (Oona, 2)

By: Kelly DiPucchio

4.02

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

The big sea's littlest mischief-maker, Oona, is back in another delightful tale from New York Times… read more

Similar categories in Kelly DiPucchio's Oona and the Shark (Oona, 2) book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of 'Twas the Night Before Pride by Joanna McClintick

25. 'Twas the Night Before Pride

By: Joanna McClintick

4.35

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

A glittering celebration of queer families puts Pride gently in perspective—honoring those in the L… read more

Similar categories in Joanna McClintick's 'Twas the Night Before Pride book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • family
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Grandad's Pride by Harry Woodgate

26. Grandad's Pride

By: Harry Woodgate

4.31

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Grandad and Milly are back for another adventure, this time honoring the past and celebrating the f… read more

Similar categories in Harry Woodgate's Grandad's Pride book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • love
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • queer
Cover of Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

27. Salat in Secret

By: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

4.55

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of Your Name Is a Song and the bestselling illustrator of The … read more

Similar categories in Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow's Salat in Secret book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of These Olive Trees by Aya Ghanameh

28. These Olive Trees

By: Aya Ghanameh

4.64

Format: 40 pages, None

The story of a Palestinian family's ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care fo… read more

Similar categories in Aya Ghanameh's These Olive Trees book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • family
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
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29. Bear

By: Staffan Gnosspelius

3.98

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

FEATURED IN THE MARGINALIAN BY MARIA POPOVA (FORMERLY BRAIN PICKINGS) • A GRAPHICS BEAT MOST ANTICI… read more

Similar categories in Staffan Gnosspelius's Bear book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • picture books
  • fiction
Cover of If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It by Lil Miss Hot Mess

30. If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It

By: Lil Miss Hot Mess

3.66

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Strike a pose. Blow a kiss. Mouth the words. A fun, sing-along book with a drag twist that encourag… read more

Similar categories in Lil Miss Hot Mess's If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family by Seamus Kirst

31. Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

By: Seamus Kirst

4.04

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Harper is going to her first family reunion! She meets so many people. There's her second cousin No… read more

Similar categories in Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family book and Seamus Kirst's Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family

  • love
  • childrens
  • lgbt
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • family
  • queer

23 Best fiction books like Dad and Daddy's Big Big Family by Seamus Kirst

Transform Your Habits

Mommy, Mama, and Me

Lesléa Newman , Carol Thompson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

The Name Jar

Yangsook Choi

4.14

Transform Your Habits

What Can You Do with a Rebozo?

Carmen Tafolla , Amy Córdova

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Ghost Boys

Jewell Parker Rhodes

4.34

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7 must-read fiction books like If You're a Drag Queen and You Know It by Lil Miss Hot Mess

Transform Your Habits

We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish (Penelope Rex, #3)

Ryan T. Higgins

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Love, Violet

Charlotte Sullivan Wild

4.28

Transform Your Habits

'Twas the Night Before Pride

Joanna McClintick

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Miss Rita, Mystery Reader

Sam Donovan

3.89

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