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Queer 2 Queer Bilingual Collection
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Queer 2 Queer Bilingual Collection

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3 Book Set

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Mentored by Queers
Written & Illustrated by Queers
to Celebrate Queer Kids!

Intended Audience: Ages 4-11/Grades K-5

Available in both HARDCOVER and PAPERBACK, choose options below.

INCLUDES:

When We Love Someone We Sing to Them

Cuando Amamos Cantamos. A reclamation of the Mexican serenata tradition, follow the story of a young boy who asks his father if there is a song for a boy who loves a boy.

Carlos, The Fairy Boy

Carlos, El Niño Hada. A Carnival tradition in Panama expands when a supportive abuela encourages her grandson to follow his fairy boy dreams!

Chabelita's Heart

El corazón de Chabelita. With the support of her loving Chicanx family, a girl named Chabelita discovers it’s okay to like other girls.

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When We Love Someone We Sing to Them reframes a cultural tradition to include LGBTQ experience. In this book we learn about the Mexican tradition of singing to family and loved ones through one small boy who naturally assumes the tradition includes him and his experience.

Watch a tradition expand as limitations are lifted to include everyone, all the way to remembering Xochipilli, the Mesoamerican deity of creativity, dance and song.

art from When We Love Someone We Sing to ThemA perfect book to bring tradition and inclusion into the conversation and support our LGBTQ young ones in knowing that they belong and always have, while providing pride in both our Mexican heritage and our LGBTQ culture and history as families.

Carlos is thrilled to travel to Panama’s countryside with his parents. He is most excited about the Carnival stories his parents tell him. But when Carlos wants to join his cousins as fairies on the queen’s float he finds out that boys are not allowed. Thankfully, he has a brilliant abuela with a bright idea!artwork from Carlos, The Fairy Boy/Carlos, El Niño Hada by/por Juan A. Ríos Vega

A tale of family support, Carlos, the Fairy Boy expands a Carnival tradition to include a young boy while bringing light to the talented men who make the queen’s gowns gorgeous.

Chabelita’s hopes come true when Jimena, the new student whose eyes sparkle like stars, sits next to her. Through shared language and experience they easily connect. The more they learn about each other, the more they like each other and the more time they spend together. When Chabelita shares her special bow tie with Jimena on picture day, everybody will know that they like each other. art from Chabelita's Heart by Isabel Millan

With the support of family and the reflection of important role models, Chabelita’s Heart shows two kids as they grow into themselves and understand that “girls can like girls.” Experiences of immigration/deportation, indigenous eco activism, Mexican LGBTQ activism, as well as Chicanx, Mexican, and Honduran culture provide important context that highlights the intersectionality of LGBTQ people, in this heartwarming tale of a first crush.

Dimensions 8.5 × 11 in
Date of Publication

When We Love Someone We Sing to Them – Oct 2018
Carlos, the Fairy Boy – Nov 2020
Chabelita's Heart – Jan 2022

No. of Pages

When We Love Someone We Sing to Them – 40 pages
Carlos, the Fairy Boy – 40 pages
Chabelita's Heart – 44 pages

Format

Paperback & Hardcover; Full Color

Intended Audience

Children Ages 4-11, Grade Level K-5

Subjects

JUV060000 – JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT
JUV030040 – JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
JUV017080 – JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Other, Non-Religious
JUV026000 – JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance
JUV070000 – JUVENILE FICTION / Poetry

Language

English/Spanish

When We Love Someone We Sing to Them

Weight 14.5 oz
Dimensions 8.25 × 10.75 × .25 in
Date of Publication

October 11, 2018 (National Coming Out Day)

Dimensions

10.75”(L) x 8.25”(W) x .25”(D)

No. of Pages

40 pages

Format:

Hardcover, Paperback

Intended Audience

Children Ages 7-10, Grade Level 2-5

Subjects

JUV060000 – Juvenile Fiction / LGBT
JUV026000 – Juvenile Fiction : Love & Romance
JUV070000 – Juvenile Fiction / Poetry

Language

Bilingual English/Spanish

Carlos, The Fairy Boy

Weight 14.5 oz
Dimensions 8.5 × 11 × .25 in
Date of Publication

November 1st, 2020

No. of Pages

40 pages

Format:

Hardcover, Paperback

Intended Audience

Children Ages 4-11/Grades K-5

Subjects

JUV060000 – JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT
JUV030040 – JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America
JUV017080 – JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations / Other, Non-Religious

Language

Bilingual English/Spanish

Chabelita's Heart

Weight 14.5 oz
Dimensions 8.5 × 11 × .25 in
Date of Publication

January 1st, 2022

No. of Pages

44 pages

Format:

Paperback

Intended Audience

Children Ages 4-11/Grades K-5

Subjects

JUV060000 – JUVENILE FICTION / LGBT

Language

Bilingual English/Spanish