“Pride Puppy!” is one of the more than 20 books with an LGBTQ+ 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 LGBTQ+ 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.” …