Children's books with gay characters

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Inspired by Leningrads thread about King and King, I wanted to ask if there were any other good books where there were characters who were gay.

In particular, ds is 4, and his 18 year old cousin has just come out so would like to make sure any questions are gone through before dnephew brings a partner to an event (ds has a question for everything)

'And Tango Makes Three' is a picture book about gay families.

Rather than discuss homosexuality per se you could use Tango as an opportunity to talk about how some families are different - foster parents, one parent families, gay parents etc

I suppose I was thinking about it not being so much about families, but where there were characters who just were gay, rather than it being the focus

Apparently there's a sequel to King and King - "and Company". Looking this up on Amazon, there are other suggested linked books as well.

I think there's one called "Hello Sailor" - Andre Sollie and Ingrid Godon; as well as And Tango Makes Three.

Also, I found reading "My Best Friend, Bob" by Georgie Ripper, there were themes of close male friendship (in this case, two male guineapigs who adore each other's company) which were very well put.

Yes, we have Hello Sailor. I like this one as it is sweet story that is incidentally about 2 men rather than being a 'message' book.

A bit old for your ds, but JK Rowling has said that Dumbledore is gay.

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We read "King and King" and "and Tango makes three" today, and really enjoyed them. Thank you for the suggestions