title: Rainbow Family Collections: Selecting and Using Children's Books with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Content (Children's and Young Adult Literature Reference)
author:  Jamie Campbell Naidoo 
description: This well-researched book is a much-needed tool, providing a wealth of information on how to welcome rainbow families into the library. Including several chapters of informational material, with statistical backup, Naidoo has created a resource that is not only an excellent annotated bibliography, but also one that presents the material with historical context and ideas for implementation in a library setting. It provides guidance to selectors who need to evaluate and choose children's books with LGBT content and educates librarians about the many ways we might get this material into the hands of our patrons. Readers are provided with a clear definition of what constitutes a rainbow family, along with descriptions of issues its members might face and what libraries can do to provide a safe and welcoming space for them. According to statistics, 96 percent of all United States counties include LGBTQ couples raising children. Librarians need this book to help ensure that those families' needs are being met.-Sharon McKellar, Oakland Public Library, CA(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
zlib_text: PRAISE FOR RAINBOW BOYS
  “Deftly written.”—New York Blade
  “A forthright portrayal of growing up gay.”—USA Today
  “A definite must-read.”—gaywired.com
  “It would be insufficient praise to call Rainbow Boys the
  gay youth book of the year simply because Alex
  Sanchez’s debut novel is even more than that—it’s
  one of the year’s ten best, regardless of genre and
  intended audience.”—beautifulboy.com
  “Dazzling.”—The Washington Blade
  “[Rainbow Boys] … represents a notable leap forward
  for younger (and quite a few older) readers—both
  gay and straight.”—Lambda Book Report
  “This delicious drama of tight friendships, sexual
  exploration, and identity-making strikes new ground
  in the literature of coming-out novels.”—gay.com
  “Rainbow Boys is a superb first novel, one that
  might well become a classic.”—Just Out
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names,
  characters, places, and incidents are the product of the autho