"It's not appropriate..."
Authored by Ross Muscato: “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.
At the end of the book, there is an exercise
in which students match images on the pages to a glossary of words and
terms, among them “intersex,” “[drag] king,” “[drag] queen,” “leather,” and “lip ring.”
Another
storybook, “Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope,” is
also part of the Montgomery County Public Schools LGBTQ+ curriculum. The
book, recommended for ages 4 to 8, tells the story of Penelope, born a
girl, but feeling that she is really a boy.