Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: February 11, 2018
The Rainbow Book List Committee is proud to announce the 2018 Rainbow Book List. The List is a curated bibliography highlighting books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, aimed at children and youth from birth to age 18. This List is intended to aid youth and those working with youth in selecting […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: November 1, 2017
Hello good people of the internet! Thank you to everyone who took the time to submit a suggestion this year. We have read a good number of books over the last ten months, and we now have our list of nominees for the 2018 Rainbow Book List. We will be posting the final list after […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: March 2, 2017
Thanks to our Rainbow List followers on this website and Twitter for these 2018 List suggestions submitted in February, 2017: Siera Maley. Colorblind. March 2, 2016. 9781508403043. Age 14-18 Skrutskie, Emily. The Abyss Surrounds Us. Feb. 8, 2016. $11.99. 9780738746913. Age 14 & up Gough, Erin. Get It Together, Delilah. April 4, 2017. $16.99 9781452151878. […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: February 8, 2017
We’re kicking off the new cycle for the Rainbow Book List this week with our first meeting. The new committee roster is below. Kathleen Breitenbach is serving as admin and has already sent out review copy requests to publishers. I just received my first title yesterday in the mail. We tweeted the link to the […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: January 11, 2016
2016 Rainbow Book List The Rainbow Book List Committee proudly announces the 2016 Rainbow Book List. The Rainbow Book List is a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18. The list is intended to aid youth in selecting high-quality books […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: October 14, 2015
As we rush into the last month for the first round of our consideration process, we offer to you, our faithful friends, this list of books that came under formal consideration for the committee during the month of September. Join us in November for the full list of titles under consideration! Claiborne, Erin. A Hero […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: September 8, 2015
The Rainbow Project is still furiously reading away, and after a frenzy of activity, we have a large number of books newly under consideration for the final list. Enjoy perusing what we thought was worthwhile! The following books came under consideration during August: Black, Holly. The Darkest Part of the Forest. 2015. 328p. Little, Brown, 18.00 […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: August 7, 2015
Members of the committee are continuing to read and recommend books. The following three books have come up for consideration for the 2016 list during the month of July: Hubert. Adrian and the Tree of Secrets. Written by Hubert, illus. by Marie Caillou, tr. by David Homel. 2015. 125p. Arsenal Pulp Press, 18.95 (9781551525563). Gr. […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: June 27, 2015
The Rainbow List Committee has been happily reading away for the 2016. The following nine titles are formally up for consideration for the list this year, although many more titles are being read! Albertalli, Becky. Simon Vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 2015. 303p. Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (9780062348678). Gr. 9-12. Andraka, Jack, with Matthew Lysiak. […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: February 1, 2015
The Rainbow Book List Committee proudly announces the 2015 Rainbow Book List. The Rainbow Book List is a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed at youth, birth through age 18. The list is intended to aid youth in selecting high-quality books which were published between July […]