5 unmissable Australian queer picture books
- Written by Helen Caple, Associate Professor in Communications and Journalism, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockQueer parents and their children rarely see families like theirs in books for early and pre-readers.
In 2021, the Children’s Book Council of Australia shortlisted a queer picture book in its Early Childhood Award for the first time: Who’s Your Real Mum? by Bernadette Green and Anna Zobel.
Awards like this have a huge...

















