We are pleased to introduce such an extensive collection of quality titles which can be recommended and offered to young readers and their families with confidence, and we are certain that in coming years an increasing number of exceptional titles will be available to younger readers and pre-readers.Ģ009 Rainbow Project Members: John Andrews, Washoe County Library System (Reno, NV) Helma Hawkins, Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, MO) Â K.T. We applaud these and all of the other recommended authors and illustrators, alongside their editors and publishers, for producing works that can be held up as examples of excellence in glbtq literature for young people.
10,000 Dresses, written by Marcus Ewert and illustrated by Rex Ray (first picture book),.Down to the Bone by Mayra Lazara Dole (first novel),.Primary characters are gay, lesbian, transgendered, questioning, and straight, and they grapple with varying degrees of acceptance and prejudice from their friends, families, and communities, as well as from themselves.įour titles stood out to the selection committee as especially deserving of recognition for their characters, stories, and quality of writing and/or illustration: But the books on this year’s Rainbow Book List go much farther by offering young readers rich characters embodying the full spectrum of youth and family experience. Two picture books, two middle-grade novels, two graphic books (a novel and a biography), one short story collection, one translation, and five nonfiction titles are represented.Ĭoming-out stories have consistently made up a large part of GLBTQ literature, as have “problem novels” populated by characters defined by orientation.
Most books on the 2009 Rainbow Book List are recommended for teens, including four titles published for adults. Of the authors, five are offering their first published novels or picture books, and seven are published for the first time by major presses. The 2009 Rainbow List includes titles from 26 publishers/imprints and 36 authors and illustrators. Featuring well-written and/or well-illustrated titles with authentic and significant gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgendered/queer/questioning (GLBTQ) content for youth from birth through age 18, this year’s bibliography presents 34 outstanding titles, published in the last eighteen months and representing a broad range of GLBTQ experience. The Rainbow Project is proud to announce the 2009 Rainbow Book List, a joint undertaking of the American Library Association’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table and Social Responsibilities Round Table.
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