Many thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to read an eARC of this :)

This was a really sweet, informative little book that does a brilliant job of explaining LGBTQ+ families in a way children can understand.

The artwork is beautiful as well, stylised but still recognisable- and I adored the range of body types, skin tones, and disability representation!

Overall, this is a wonderful book I’d recommend for children - I’m definitely planning on getting this for my niece! A very sweet read.

This was a wonderful book about the different kinds of pride families that can exist and a fantastic way to introduce children to LGBTQ+ language.

A simple but clear book to help parents discuss and explore all the different kinds of families that exist . The text is easy to follow and understand, with a glossary at the end, and the illustrations work well and match the text perfectly.. The parents section has useful extra information that they can use to add to any conversations they may have. This is a lovely open, positive, and inclusive book for parents to share with young children with questions.

A well rounded introduction to how families can look and form differently. There are solid definitions of terminology that are helpful for both kids and adults.

Thanks NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. Pride Families reminds kids that there is no one way to be a family. It also talks about how Pride families may be created. Families of all kinds can feel seen having this book on their bookshelf.
It does at times have a lot of words, so it may be hard for younger readers who have shorter attention spans.
But kids of all ages will love the illustrations.
The illustrations are wonderful and show a variety of gender expressions and diverse abilities.

This book is a nice book for children explaining various lgbtqia+ terms and identities. The main focus is on how different members of the lgbtqia+ community can form families. The book is inclusive of families with a single parent, families with more than two parents, and families where only one person in a relationship is lgbtqia+. The illustrations are also inclusive of different races, disabilities, cultures, etc. I appreciate that the book had a glossary in the back and a page to take notes.

I liked the diverse illustrations. I'm a little more conflicted about the intent of the book, which seemed to just want to provide a list of labels more than a more organic explanation of pride families. Don't get me wrong, I'm definitely not opposed to labels at all, I just tried to put myself in the shoes of a kid reading this and found myself asking "why?" But then again, if the intent of a parent is to educate their children on some pride labels, this book will be ideal for that.

Furthermore, for a book that claimed to be politically correct at the time of writing (though I did like the initial note about language evolving), the definition of heterosexual as "being attracted to the opposite gender" seemed quite outdated.

Thank you to netgalley and Jessica Kingsley Publishers for allowing me to read Pride Families by Amie Taylor this was such a educational and informational book that I was able to read with my little kiddos

This is well written book that shows and explains different families. Not only does it shows different genders and relationship, but also all kind of people with different mobility aids, different races, and different sizes.

Some of the text is very information heavy for a children's book, but this is something you can amend depending on the child/children

This is a sweet, brightly illustrated book that teaches the child that families aren't just a mum, dad, and 2.4 children. Pride Families does exactly what it says on the tub so to speak, exploring and explaining in the simplest of ways the various dynamics of what a Queer family may look like and helps explain some of the queer terminology.


Children are open books and can learn and hold information without hatred and miscommunication if allowed to learn that differences are normal. Pride Families helps with that and allows them to see that, for example, a friend in school who has two mums is just as loved and cared for as one with a mum and dad. But there are also more complex family setups featured in Amie Taylor's book with parents who may be transgender, nonbinary or if same sex how one may be a biological, adoptive or surrogate parent. This is phenomenal as theoretically if this book was found at home or school? Perhaps a child won't be bullied but be accepted for themselves, there also wouldn't be cynicism and ill-meant words because those around them will simply just see it as child A's parents and not question it too much.


I absolutely adored Kaspa Clarke's gorgeous artwork and how beautifully he showed how unique families can be and how you can see love eminate from the brightly coloured and inclusive work. Not only were there the gender representation, but there's age and disability that is often forgotten. So thank you, Kaspa, from this 40-something ninbinary disabled parent. I liked being seen for once, even in a child's book, or rather especially!


Amie Taylor's exploration of pride families is perfect for conversation with a child, or anyone really who wishes to know more. It's a book that needs to be available everywhere, for everyone, and I'd hope it were in schools so it can help educate and eliminate learned judgement from the earliest possible point.

Love love love this book!
The pictures were fantastic.
The message in the story was so wonderful!
I loved the inclusivity and the different types of families represented.
Every family is different, All different ways. and i feel this book really touched on that in a positive way.

Thank you NetGalley and publishers for this ARC for reviewing Purposes

I love having books like this to read with my son, because honestly, I am not great at explaining things like this and it's really important. This book contains very thoughtful and age appropriate (I'd say this is good for ages 6-9ish?) definitions of terms such as lesbian, trans, intersex, etc. It also shows how different and diverse families can be. And the illustrations are absolutely beautiful! My son (7) and I both loved this and we had a good talk afterwards as well!

This is an important book about families. All families are different and special in their own way. The illustrations are beautiful. This book explains things in a way that is easy for children to understand. Celebrate diversity!!

Thank you to Jessica Kingsley Publishers and NetGalley for the e-ARC to read and review. I found this book to be a beautifully-illustrated and very informative primer to the many different ways a family can look. It's a diverse, resourceful, and inclusive text filled with lots of helpful terminology for readers to learn. I did think this book struggles as a story book, it's more of a reference with a ton of information to absorb. The level of detail is very necessary and important to the subject matter, it just might not work as well for younger readers or read-alouds as it would a resource material.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley.
Pride Families is full of great visuals and simple explanations of different types of families. I really loved the different representations of physical disability and mobility aid users.

A delightful look at all the wonderful ways our families are made up, with explanations for how they all fit together and the different terms that are useful to know to make sure you help join in with celebrating the diverse world we live in. Nice colourful illustrations support the text.

I enjoyed so much reading this, i had a stile on me face and I just though that I would love to have this book when I was younger and knowing that every family is important and there so many of kind. This is a perfect book to recommed to childrens and family to teach differents gender identity, sexuality and most importantly different families. In here you can see that is explained some of the gender indentities in an easy way for people who doesn't know anything about it. The drawings were so cute. I would really love in the future tgphis book being on the shelves and at school

This book did an excellent job highlighting many different types of families, and within the families depicted showed a lot of diversity as well.

I loved the illustrations in the book, and overall found the definitions provided to be simple enough that (individually) they could be well understood by a child.

I did however find that it was a lot of information. As a teacher and a parent I think the target audience for the book might become overwhelmed by all of the different pieces of information they are taking in.

I understand that the author wants to be inclusive and thorough in their explanations of different types of families, but I worry that younger children will not be able to take it all in.

I really enjoyed this book! I adored the illustrations and all the inclusivity! It was fun and colorful! The only thing is that some of the definitions might be a little harder for younger children to understand but parents can always help explain to children. I think all children should read this book

I found this book very informative but a bit hard to read because I read the ARC version on Kindle (these mainly were fixed when I swapped over to the NetGalley App version). I hope these are fixed by the time of release, as I honestly liked the book.

I found the book very interesting and informative, and the pictures helpful. The book feels like a book you can give to a younger child to help them understand, so it definitely hit the right target audience for me. The pictures also add to that! The artwork is stunning, and I would find myself just admiring the art style. Kaspa Clarke did such a great job.

This is a minor nitpick, but there are a couple of now incorrect definitions, which is entirely okay as the LGBTQ+ community is constantly changing and evolving! Lesbians also now include genderqueer folk and nonbinary folk, not just women.

I quite liked the end, which addressed the adults, as it went more in-depth about some other things, like the differences between gender identity and sexuality.