Thank you to our community partners for creating special guest read aloud videos to celebrate the 3rd annual LGBTQ+ Read-In Week! We are grateful to be able to highlight literature celebrating the LGBTQ+ community and contribute to distance learning.
STUDENTS! Please enjoy the videos below from some awesome Oaklanders! Make sure to watch videos with supervision.
EVERYONE! We encourage you to engage in some follow-up activities after watching the videos to take learning to the next level. Please take a look at these Activity Guides for ideas to make read-aloud videos meaningful and extend learning:
“When Aidan Became a Brother” by Kyle Lukoff
“What Riley Wore” by Elana K. Arnold
Read Alouds from Community Volunteers
“Love Is Love” by Michael Genhart
“One of a Kind Like Me | Unico Como Yo” by Laurin Mayeno
“Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag” by Rob Sanders
“Donovan’s Big Day” by Lesléa Newman
“My Princess Boy” by Cheryl Kilodavis
“The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” by Lil Miss Hot Mess
“From the Starts in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea” by Kai Cheng
“Antonio’s Card | La tarjeta de Antonio” by Rigoberto González
“This Day in June” by Gayle E. Pitman (From PFLAG Oakland East Bay)
“You Don’t Know Everything, Jilly P!” by Alex Gino
“George Chapter 1” by Alex Gino
“George Chapter 2” by Alex Gino
“The Adventure of Honey and Leon” by Alan Cumming
“In Our Mothers’ House” by Patricia Polacco
“The Great Big Book of Families” by Mary Hoffman
Read aloud by Councilmember Dan Kalb
“And Tango Makes Three” by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
