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Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community

(Original 2016 edition! For the expanded and updated edition, see Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle)

Pride. It looks like a party… but it began with a riot

For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice and celebrate a diverse and vibrant community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But there is a whole lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. How did Pride come to be? And what does Pride mean to the people who celebrate it?

Nonfiction for ages 9-14

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Awards

  • Stonewall Honor book 2017
  • BC Book Prize (Sheila Egoff Award) finalist 2017
  • Red Maple Finalist 2017
  • PNBA Book Award Finalist 2017
  • Bolen Books Children’s Book Prize finalist 2017
  • Red Cedar Nominee 2018
  • Hackmatack Award Nominee 2018
  • Rocky Mountain Award Nominee 2018
  • Information Book Award Nominee 2017
  • OLA Best Bets 2017
  • USSBY Outstanding International Books 2017
  • Rainbow List 2017
  • TriState Review Committee’s 2017 Books of Note
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****/4 “Stevenson… has done a remarkable job of examining Pride in its many iterations and global contexts while also making this history accessible to younger audiences. Pride is a fantastic achievement, a book that gives serious attention to often ignored groups within LGBT history… Pride should be shelved in school libraries and classrooms alike…Highly recommended.”

~Read full review: Canadian Materials, January 8, 2016

“Informative…Positively festive in its attitudes and outlook, this book more than lives up to the word celebrating in its subtitle.”

~Booklist – March 1, 2016

“Upbeat and matter-of-fact.I can see this book nestled between Canada Day and Thanksgiving in the celebrations section of the library, filling a gap… As useful and appealing as this book will be to a general audience, there will be another group of readers seeking it out with more focus. Not every kid, even in this country, lives in a joyous climate of acceptance, and books are often a place where they find information and community. Much of this is provided in the form of individual vignettes. These stories, sad and happy, are where vulnerable preteen kids may see themselves.”

~Quill & Quire – March 1, 2016

“LGBTQ culture and rights are covered through the prism of Pride in this timely work…Using Pride as a way to talk about LGBTQ gives the information a new slant…The appropriately rainbow-themed design features plentiful photographs, both black-and-white and color, in a lively design…This attractive work will be welcomed by readers searching for guidance and hope.”

~Kirkus Reviews – February 1, 2016)

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