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Maine Kindergarten Student Brings Home LGBTQ-Themed Book — Parent Demands Answers From Pittston-Randolph School
Jon FetherstonBy Jon FetherstonFebruary 13, 2026Updated:February 13, 2026No Comments2 Mins Read
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PITTSTON, Maine — A parent is demanding answers from Pittston-Randolph Consolidated School aftera 5-year-old kindergartener brought home an LGBTQ-themed picture book from the school library, reigniting a debate that has turned school shelves into a national political battleground.
The book, Prince & Knight by author Daniel Haack, is a fairy-tale story in which a prince rejects potential princesses, teams up with a male knight, defeats a dragon, and later marries the knight. In a message shared publicly, the parent said the book is inappropriate for young children and criticized the school for allowing it to circulate to kindergarten students without explicit parental notice or an opt-out process.
The parent’s objection comes as school libraries across the country have become a flash point over what materials are appropriate for minors, with disputes increasingly centered on books featuring sexual content, LGBTQ themes, and other topics parents say don’t belong in elementary classrooms.
The American Library Association listedPrince & Knight as the No. 5 most challenged book of 2019, noting complaints that it includes LGBTQIA+ content and depicts a gay marriage.
Book challenges and removals have surged in recent years, with PEN America reporting 6,870 instances of book bans during the 2024–2025 school year across 23 states and 87 public school districts and part of a broader wave of disputes over school library and classroom materials.
https://www.themainewire.com/2026/02/maine-kindergarten-student-brings-home-lgbtq-themed-book-parent-demands-answers-from-pittston-randolph-school/
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Prince & knight
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OVERVIEW
A prince and a knight in shining armor find true love in each other's embrace after fighting a dragon together.
ADDITIONAL SUMMARY/ANNOTATIONS
"Victorious . . . the premier queer-friendly fairy tale." Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"An illuminating fairy tale for young readers to be able to see that not every prince would like to marry a princess." School Library Journal
"A colorful and entertaining tale exploring sexuality, acceptance, and young love." Booklist
In this modern fairy tale, a noble prince and a brave knight come together to defeat a terrible monster and in the process find true love in a most unexpected place.
"Thank you," he told his parents.
"I appreciate that you tried,
but I'm looking for something special
in a partner by my side."
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far from here, there was a prince in line to take the throne, so his parents set out to find him a kind and worthy bride. The three of them traveled the land far and wide, but the prince didn't quite find what he was looking for in the princesses they met.
While they were away, a terrible dragon threatened their land, and all the soldiers fled. The prince rushed back to save his kingdom from the perilous beast and was met by a brave knight in a suit of brightly shining armor. Together they fought the dragon and discovered that special something the prince was looking for all along.This book is published in partnership with GLAAD to accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance.
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>This book is published in partnership with GLAAD to accelerate LGBTQ inclusivity and acceptance.
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Subject: Coming Out (sexual orientation)
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(2020)
Bildner, Phil, author.
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The real Riley Mayes
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OVERVIEW
"Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded upexcept Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it. One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers! Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Hercuriosity about Aaron's two dadsand her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense" Provided by publisher.
ADDITIONAL SUMMARY/ANNOTATIONS
A Stonewall Book Award Honor* A Sid Fleishman Humor Award Honor
Funny and full of heart, this debut graphic novel is a story about friendship, identity, and embracing all the parts of yourself that make you special.
Fifth grade is just not Riley's vibe. Everyone else is squaded up–except Riley. Her best friend moved away. All she wants to do is draw, and her grades show it.
One thing that makes her happy is her favorite comedian, Joy Powers. Riley loves to watch her old shows and has memorized her best jokes. So when the class is assigned to write letters to people they admire, of course Riley's picking Joy Powers!
Things start to look up when a classmate, Cate, offers to help Riley with the letter, and a new kid, Aaron, actually seems to get her weird sense of humor. But when mean girl Whitney spreads a rumor about her, things begin to click into place for Riley. Her curiosity about Aaron's two dads and her celebrity crush on Joy Powers suddenly make more sense.
Readers will respond to Riley's journey of self-discovery and will recognize themselves in this character who is less than perfect but trying her best. And creative kids will recognize themselves in her love of art and drawing.
While often funny and light, Riley's exploration of what it feels to be an outsider and how hard it can be to make a friend break your heart in the best way. And with all of Riley's hijinks and missteps, this story is laugh-out-loud funny from start to finish.
The Stonewall Book Award is a set of three literary awards that annually recognize "exceptional merit relating to the LGBTQIA+ experience" in English-language books, primarily focusing on those published in the U.S.[4][5] As of 2026, the award categories are the Barbara Gittings Literature Award, Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Award, and Mike Morgan and Larry Romans Children's and Young Adult Literature Award. They are sponsored by the Rainbow Round Table (RRT) of the American Library Association (ALA).[4]
The Stonewall Book Award began as the Gay Book Award in 1971, when the Rainbow Round Table was a grassroots group called the Task Force on Gay Liberation. The program has been an official American Library Association award since 1986.[6][7] Barbara Gittings and Israel Fishman were founding members of the Task Force on Gay Liberation, with Fishman serving as the group's first coordinator, and Gittings making their first bibliography of gay-positive literature.[7] Mike Morgan and Larry Romans were partners and longtime supporters of the awards.[8]
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