LGBT Schoolbooks for Kindergarten, Elementary Students at Center of Parents’ Lawsuit

LGBT Schoolbooks for Kindergarten, Elementary Students at Center of Parents’ Lawsuit
Newly donated LGBT books are displayed in the library at Nystrom Elementary School in Richmond, Calif., on May 17, 2022. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Ross Muscato
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“Pride Puppy!” is one of the more than 20 books with an LGBT theme that the largest school district in Maryland approved, in the fall of 2021, for instruction of students in kindergarten through fourth grade. 
The 32-page illustrated storybook–which the publisher lists as appropriate for 3- to 5-year-olds, and grades preschool through kindergarten, tells the story of a family outing to an LGBT pride parade where the family’s dog gets lost … and thankfully found.