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LGBTQ Materials for Classroom Use : Books

This guide provides recommended fiction, discussion guides, lesson plans, scholarly articles and local resources for instruction on LGBTQ topics.

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About the Cooperative Children's Book Center

The Cooperative Children’s Book Center (CCBC) is an examination, study and research library of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The CCBC’s noncirculating collections include:

  • Current Collection
  • Basic Collection
  • Alternative Press Collection
  • Historical Collection
  • Reference Collection

 

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Recommended GLBTQ Novels for Classroom Use

 

In 2010 the CCBC compiled a list of recommended LGBTQ titles for use in high school and middle school classrooms, many of which have been nominated for awards and have received vast recognition. Bank Street College of Education has also compiled a list of such titles, and a selection of their recommendations for LGBTQ books in elementary school classrooms is listed below.

 

 

Books for High School Classrooms

Books for Middleschool Classrooms

Books for Elementary School Classrooms