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: 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 […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: November 1, 2014
Here’s the last batch of titles under consideration before our committee puts together the final list in January! Happy reading, Rainbow List readers! Anderson, Tim. Sweet Tooth. March 2014. 334p. Lake Union Publishing, $14.95 (978-1477818077) Anonymous. The Book of David. June 3, 2014. Simon Pulse, $9.99. (1442489855) Barakiva, Michael. One Man Guy. May 2014. 261p. FSG, […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: September 3, 2014
Rainbow Project committee members recommended three new titles in August! Block, Francesca Lia. The Island of Excess Love. 2014. 224p. Henry Holt and Co., $16.99 (ISBN 0805096310) Herthel, Jessica + Jazz Jennings. I am Jazz. September, 2014. 32p., Dial, $17.99. (ISBN 0803741073) , Ages 4-8 Lam, Laura. Shadowplay. January 2014. 400p. Strange Chemistry, $9.99. (9781908844408). Grades 9 and up     […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: July 31, 2014
We have three new recommended titles for July! Andrews, Arin. Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen. September 2014. 256p. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. $17.99. 9781481416757. Ages 14 and up. Golio, Laurel and Diana Scholl. We Are the Youth: Sharing the Stories of LGBT Youth in the United States. […]
Posted by: Naomi Gonzales on: June 23, 2014
The 2014-2015 Rainbow Project Committee has been hard at work reading titles to recommend! The following are titles under consideration for the final 2015 Rainbow List (to be decided and announced January 2015): Baldacchino, Christine. Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress . May 2014. 32p. Â Groundwood Books, $16.95 ISBN: 978-1554983476. Age range: 4-8. Bone, Jeffrey […]
Posted by: lvs2read on: January 27, 2014
RAINBOW BOOK LIST 2014 The Rainbow Project, a product of the ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Round Table (GLBTRT) and Social Responsibilities Round Table (SSRT), proudly announces the 2014 Rainbow Book List. The Rainbow Book List is a bibliography of books with significant gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender content, and which are aimed […]
Posted by: lvs2read on: November 11, 2013
The 2014 Rainbow Project Committee is proud to announce the 2014 Rainbow Nomination List. These 51 books will be discussed during meetings at ALA Midwinter in Philadelphia in January 2014 for final inclusion in the 2014 Rainbow List. Nominees are listed in alphabetical order by author last name. *Note: it was brought to my attention […]
Posted by: libraryanna on: September 10, 2013
We have two more nominations for the 2014 Rainbow List this month. Nominations for the 2014 list close on October 31. Hartinger, Brent. The Elephant of Surprise. Buddha Kitty Books, 2013. 222p. $12.99. (ISBN 9780984679454). Ages 12 and up. Hartzler, Aaron. Rapture Practice: My One-Way Ticket to Salvation: A True Story. Little, Brown Books for […]
Posted by: libraryanna on: August 12, 2013
24 Titles have been nominated so far for the 2014 Rainbow Book List. Here are the latest titles being considered for the list: Egloff, Z. Leap. Bywater Books, 2013. 223p. $14.95. (ISBN 9781612940236). Ages 14 and up. Malone, Jill. Giraffe People. Bywater Books, 2013. 262p. $14.95. (ISBN 9781612940397). Ages 13 and up. Ness, Patrick. More […]