Read With Pride!
Celebrate Pride Month -- and Pride all year! -- with some great selections for kids and families featuring LGBTQ+ characters and history.
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Celebrate Pride Month -- and Pride all year! -- with some great selections for kids and families featuring LGBTQ+ characters and history.
When Juniper Harvey's family moves to the middle of nowhere in Florida, her entire life is uprooted. As if that's not bad enough, she keeps having dreams about an ancient-looking temple, a terrifying attack, and a mysterious girl who turns into an ivory statue. One night after a disastrous school dance, Juniper draws a portrait of the girl from her dreams and thinks, I wish you were here. The next morning, she wakes up to find the girl in her room pointing a sword at her throat!
Marley is a little nonbinary kid with big anxieties. Crowds? Pass. Loud noises? No, thanks. When their Zaza is up for an award at Pride, they want to go to the parade for the first time with their beloved grandparent. But can Marley overcome their fears? Highlighting the joyful experiences of a queer family of color finding community at Pride, this story features endmatter about the history of Pride, a glossary of LGBTQ+ terms, and a list of resources.
Discusses the many types of LGBT families and shows how being different is not an impediment to being happy.
Perfect for reading aloud with its rhyming, rhythmic text, this picture book finds two mommies sharing a perfect day with their little one, from visiting animals on a farm to bedtime snuggles.
The Rutgers Geology Museum returns to present this exciting class to kids entering grades K-6!
Museum staff will talk about minerals, and participants will learn about the three rock types, how they are formed, and how geologists define minerals and their properties. Attendees will participate in hands-on science and arts activities, and each participant will receive their own mineral identification kit to take home!
Limited space! Please stop at the children's desk 30 minutes before this event for a free ticket, while supplies last.
The Rutgers Geology Museum returns to present this exciting class to kids entering grades K-6!
Museum staff will talk about minerals, and participants will learn about the three rock types, how they are formed, and how geologists define minerals and their properties. Attendees will participate in hands-on science and arts activities, and each participant will receive their own mineral identification kit to take home!
Limited space! Please stop at the children's desk beginning at 9:30 AM for a free ticket, while supplies last.
A girl recounts her first time marching with her two moms at a Pride Parade.
The voice actor for a hit animated series, thirteen-year-old Nikhil must find the courage to speak out about what's right when a group of conservative parents protest his openly gay status.
A rhyming alphabet book featuring a family who have lost their dog at a Pride parade.