We've needed something that captured the joy and exuberance of the event, and something that helped kids picture the glorious range of gender expression and queer fabulousness that is so righteously on display at Pride (and by contrast so absent in most of our kids' everyday lives).

' This Day in June is the pride parade picture book queer parents have been waiting for since, oh, 1970. Her couplets keep things marching steadily forward, but it's Litten's artwork that creates a sense of joyous excitement and showcases the diversity on display.'- Publishers Weekly 'Pitman, in her first book for children, salutes the LGBT parades that take place across the U.S. 'This Day In June adds a bright spot for diversity on any bookshelf, and will help bring the true colors and beautiful experience of LGBT pride to life for school age children and their families.'-Ellen Kahn, Director of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Family Project. The book ends with the words, 'This day in June, we're all united!' an inspiring message that should be just as uplifting for adults as it is affirming for youth.'- Philadelphia Gay News 'A beautifully illustrated, and beautifully explained, look at Pride through the eyes of a child. Named one of the most important books of the last decade by The Advocate's '40 Under 40' listĪuthor interviewed in New York Times-''Heather Has Two Mommies' Is Still Relevant 30 Years Later' Winner, 2015 Notable Books for a Global Society Awards Winner of the 2015 Stonewall Book Award-Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature AwardĪ Top Ten Title, 2015 American Library Association Rainbow List Named one of the Top 11 Most Challenged Books of 2018 by American Library Association (joined by Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Judy Sherman Alexie, Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas, Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo by Jill Twiss, and George by Alex Gino)

This day in june by gayle e pitman