What do drag queens and children have in common? They love dressing up and all things sparkly and fancy!
Drag Story Hour (DSH) is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools, and bookstores. Drag Story Hour captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity in childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.
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Staff Picks
- DQSH Toddler & Preschool Picture Books
- DQSH School Age Picture Books
- Drag Queen Story Hour Readalouds
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, SwishMess, Lil Miss Hot/ De Dios, Olga (ILT)
You don't want a unicorn!Dyckman, Ame
I am famousLuebbe, Tara.
Go away, big green monster!Emberley, Ed.
If you're a monster and you know itEmberley, Rebecca.
The watermelon seedPizzoli, Greg.
Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?Martin, Bill, 1916-2004.
The very hungry caterpillarCarle, Eric.
The snowy dayKeats, Ezra Jack.
The family bookParr, Todd.
Love the worldParr, Todd, author, illustrator.
My colors, my world = Mis colores, mi mundoGonzalez, Maya Christina.
Where is the green sheep?Fox, Mem, 1946-
Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!Willems, Mo.
Tough guys : (have feelings too)Negley, Keith.
I got the rhythmSchofield-Morrison, Connie.
Teddy's favorite toyTrimmer, Christian
NeitherAnderson, Airlie, author, illustrator.
Viva FridaMorales, Yuyi.
A color of his ownLionni, Leo, 1910-1999.
Julian Is a MermaidLove, Jessica/ Love, Jessica (ILT)
Where is the green sheep?Fox, Mem, 1946-
Lola at the libraryMcQuinn, Anna.
The princess and the ponyBeaton, Kate, 1983-
Not quite narwhalSima, Jessie
I like myself!Beaumont, Karen.
Families, families, families!Lang, Suzanne.
Touch the brightest starMatheson, Christie, author, illustrator.
And Tango makes threeRichardson, Justin, 1963-
It's okay to be differentParr, Todd.
This day in JunePitman, Gayle E.
I say, you say colors!Carpenter, Tad, author, illustrator.
Princess hairMiller, Sharee (Illustrator), author, illustrator.
Sparkle boyNewman, Lesléa
I'm a girl!by Yasmeen Ismail.
Big Bob, little BobJames Howe ; illustrated by Laura Ellen Anderson.
Worm loves Wormwritten by J. J. Austrian ; illustrated by Mike Curato.
You're wearing that to school?!by Lynn Plourde ; illustrated by Sue Cornelison.
Isabella, star of the storywritten by Jennifer Fosberry ; illustrated by Mike Litwin.
William's dollby Charlotte Zolotow ; pictures by William Pene Du Bois.
Not every princessby Jeffrey Bone, PsyD, and Lisa Bone, PhD ; illustrated by Valeria Docampo.
Clive and his babiesJessica Spanyol.
Clive and his bagsJessica Spanyol.
Henry Holton takes the iceby Sandra Bradley ; illustrated by Sara Palacios.
My princess boyby Cheryl Kilodavis ; illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone.
Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dressby Christine Baldacchino ; illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant.
Not all princesses dress in pinkby Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple ; illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin.
BeautifulStacy McAnulty; illustrated by Joanne Lew Vriethoff.
Made by RaffiCraig Pomranz ; illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain.
The boy & the bindiwritten by Vivek Shraya ; illustrated by Rajni Perera.
Worm loves WormAustrian, J. J.
Sparkle boyNewman, Lesléa
And Tango makes threeRichardson, Justin, 1963-
Mary had a little glamSauer, Tammi
This day in JunePitman, Gayle E.
Maybe something beautifulCampoy, F. Isabel
This next New YearWong, Janet S.
Purim chickenCuyler, Margery.
Just add glitterDiTerlizzi, Angela
Teddy's favorite toyTrimmer, Christian
Not quite narwhalSima, Jessie
Seamus's short storyHartt-Sussman, Heather
Born badSmouha, CK
The princess and the ponyBeaton, Kate, 1983-
Antonio's cardGonzález, Rigoberto.
Julian Is a MermaidLove, Jessica/ Love, Jessica (ILT)
Stella brings the familySchiffer, Miriam B.
Isabella, star of the storyFosberry, Jennifer.
Princess hairMiller, Sharee (Illustrator), author, illustrator.
Olivia and the fairy princessesFalconer, Ian, 1959-
And Tango makes threeRichardson, Justin, 1963-
Princess GraceHoffman, Mary, 1945-
The paper bag princessMunsch, Robert N., 1945-
Life doesn't frighten meAngelou, Maya.
Red : a crayon's storyHall, Michael, 1954- author, illustrator.
Jacob's new dressHoffman, Sarah
A family is a family is a familyO'Leary, Sara.
Introducing Teddy : a gentle story about gender and friendshipWalton, Jess
From the stars in the sky to the fish in the seaThom, Kai Cheng
Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dressBaldacchino, Christine, 1977- author.
10,000 dressesEwert, Marcus.
I am JazzHerthel, Jessica.
The boy & the bindiwritten by Vivek Shraya ; illustrated by Rajni Perera.
Made by RaffiCraig Pomranz ; illustrated by Margaret Chamberlain.
BeautifulStacy McAnulty; illustrated by Joanne Lew Vriethoff.
Not all princesses dress in pinkby Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple ; illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin.
Morris Micklewhite and the tangerine dressby Christine Baldacchino ; illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant.
I'm a girl!by Yasmeen Ismail.
10,000 dressesstory by Marcus Ewert ; illustrations by Rex Ray.
Jacob's new dressSarah and Ian Hoffman ; illustrated by Chris Case.
My princess boyby Cheryl Kilodavis ; illustrated by Suzanne DeSimone.
I am Jazzby Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings ; pictures by Shelagh McNicholas.
Not every princessby Jeffrey Bone, PsyD, and Lisa Bone, PhD ; illustrated by Valeria Docampo.
Henry Holton takes the iceby Sandra Bradley ; illustrated by Sara Palacios.
You're wearing that to school?!by Lynn Plourde ; illustrated by Sue Cornelison.
Clive and his bagsJessica Spanyol.
Clive and his babiesJessica Spanyol.