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Non-Traditional Gender Roles in Picture Books
Fluet, Connie
J 610.73 FLUET 
Pulver, Robin.
Pb PULVE The schools in Burskyville never close for snow because Axle Annie is always able to make it up the steepest hill in town, until Shifty Rhodes and Hale Snow set out to stop her.
Rubin, Howie.
Pb RUBIN A multicultural look at what being a dad is really all about in the contemporary world.
Willis, Jeanne.
Pb WILLI Speaking in rhyme, a little girl tells her father that she would rather have the active outdoor life of a cowgirl than that of a girl who stays inside quietly reading, talking, or cleaning.
Banks, Kate.
Pb BANKS Papa prepares dinner and the boys set the table as they, the dog, and the cat eagerly await Mama's return home after work.
Hopkinson, Deborah.
Pb HOPKI As a young girl, budding astronomer Maria Mitchell dreams of searching the night sky and some day finding a new comet.
Spinelli, Jerry.
Pb SPINE A young boy describes the things he likes to do with his father, including making music, baking cookies, and fixing things.
Duble, Kathleen Benner.
Pb DUBLE Jenny and her best friend K.C. accompany Jenny's mother, a tanker pilot in the Air Force, to the air base, where they explore her plane, a KC-135, prior to her departure on a training mission to Europe.
Bourgeois, Paulette.
Pb BOURG 
Fierstein, Harvey.
Pb FIERS Elmer the duck is teased because he is different, but he proves himself by not only surviving the winter, but also saving his Papa.
Reynolds, Peter.
Pb REYNO The malfunction of Sydney's mechanical star at the science fair contest leads her to an unexpected happy ending.
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
Pb NUMER One side of this upside-down book celebrates all of the things grandmas do for their grandchildren. Turning the book over and around produces a similar celebration of grandpas.
Numeroff, Laura Joffe.
Pb Mothers and fathers participating in everyday activities show their love for their children in very similar ways.
Pattison, Darcy
PB PATTI John Hercules is worried about being the only boy in his kindergarten class, but after the first week he stops worrying.
Mackall, Dandi
Pb MACKA Dandi enjoys nothing more than baseball, and so after the boys at school tell her their lunchtime game is now boys only, she enters an essay contest hoping to become a bat boy for the Kansas City A's, not realizing the contest is for boys only.
Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker
Pb BRADL After seeing a ballet performance, Nate decides he wants to learn ballet, but he has doubts when his brother, Ben, tells him that only girls can be ballerinas.
Kessler, Cristina
PB KESSL In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl determines to find a way to be a beekeeper, despite being told that it is something only a man can do.
Crunk, Tony
Pb CRUNK Billy Boyd likes living with his grandmother, Big Mama, because she can make a space capsule out of junk, joins in all kinds of games, and turns a trip for ice cream into an adventure.
Florie, Christine
PB FLORIE Cori wants to join the football team, and she scores a touchdown at tryouts.
Johnson, Vincent
Pb JOHNS An African-American father loves to cook for his family. All the steps that he takes to bake a cake can be pretty annoying. But when you finally have a slice, you realize the time he spent, and you can taste the love.
Geeslin, Campbell
PB CAMPB In Mexico, a little girl disguised as a boy, sets out for Monterrey determined to master the art of glassblowing, and in the process, experiences self-discovery along the way.
Homan, Lynn
Pb HOMAN When Charlene's brothers tell her that she cannot be a pilot because she is a girl, she gives them a lesson in the rich history of women in flight.
Johnson, Angela
Pb JOHNS A young girl's grandmother tells her of her love for baseball and the day they let her play in the game even though she was a girl.
Carlson, Nancy
Pb CARLS Though she plans to try out for cheerleading, Louanne Pig helps her friend Arnie try out for the football team, with surprising results.
McElry, Lisa Tucker
PB MCELR Nine-year-old Lizzy writes to her mother, who is deployed overseas during wartime, and includes maps to show her mother what Lizzy has been thinking and doing.
Adler, David
Pb ADLER Young Amy helps her mother to get a job as a player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League while Amy's father is serving in the army during World War II.
Baguley, Elizabeth
PB BAGUL Normally, no one dares to play in the yard where Digger and Tiger spend all their time, but when a girl invades, they soon realize that she has some brilliant ideas for playing with the junk that they find there.
Parr, Todd
Pb PARR Represents a variety of mothers with short hair and big hair, driving minivans and motorcycles, swimming and dancing, and hugging and kissing their children.
Dockray, Tracy
PB DOCKR In her diary, Dora the rabbit writes that she and her best friend Ally always play adventurous games together, until a day arrives when Ally starts to play with dolls.
Ross, Eileen
PB ROSS A feisty sheriff's daughter must save the day when Desperado Dan, the meanest bandit in the West, breaks out of jail.
Corey, Shana
Pb COREY Casey, a fictional character, helps start the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which gave women the opportunity to play professional baseball while America was involved in World War II.
McNamara, Margaret
PB MCNAM When first-graders Nick, Jamie, and Reza refuse to let Emma join their soccer game just because she is a girl, Emma and her father devise a plan to teach the boys a lesson.
Desimini, Lisa
Pb DESIM Two police officers, Lou and Sue, have a quiet day keeping the streets of their town safe.
U'Ren, Andrea
Pb UREN When Mike discovers that his rough-and-tumble new puppy is a female, he tries to make her into a dainty dog.
Hill, Susanna Leonard
Pb HILL Although she can predict the weather much better than the boys in her family, no one thinks that Phyllis the groundhog has a chance of replacing the aging Punxsutawney Phil when the Groundhog's Day official retires.
Bridges, Shirin
Pb BRIDG In China, at a time when a few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Milgrim, David
Pb MILGR From morning until night, a young boy stays busy by playing, doing chores, and eating.
Corey, Shana
Pb COREY Amelia Bloomer, who does not behave the way nineteenth-century society tells her a proper lady should, introduces pantaloons to American women to save them from the discomfort of their heavy, tight dresses.
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