The ABCs of Queer History

*Signed Copies Available While Supplies Last!*

A Through-the-Alphabet Celebration of Queer History in the US, from the Publisher of theNew York TimesBestsellerThe ABCs of Black History

In a beautiful picture book brimming withPforPride,writer and poet Seema Yasmin and illustrator Lucy Kirk celebrate all the joys and challenges of queer history in the United States through lively, rhyming verse and bright, colorful illustrations.

This is a book of people, of ideas, of accomplishments and events. Its a book aboutAlliesandAncestors, aboutBelongingandBeingaccepted, aboutHope,Knowledge, andLove. About historic moments likeStonewall, and how it changed the world. And all aboutTrailblazers,like Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, Harvey Milk, Barbara Jordan, George Takei, Elliot Page, and Sally Ride.

And ultimately, its a book to help kids learn a different kind of ABCsnot just words like apple, ball or cat, but rather the essence of what it means to be diverse, to be equitable, to be inclusive. That no one counts unless we all count, and how we must open our eyes and ears, minds and hearts, to hear everyones story and understand and celebrate their experience.

*Please Note: Seema Yasmin will be signing copies on July 22. Orders will be shipping then!*