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Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿
@cswild.bsky.social
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📚 Picture books!
💜 LOVE, VIOLET (Chua FSG)
🍎 THE AMAZING IDEA OF YOU (Lundquist, Bloomsbury)
✏️ former educator, bookseller, SCBWI RA
🌈2LGBTQIAP+ she/her
♿ ME/CFS

🌿 www.CharlotteSWild.com 🌿
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New Braunfels schools, by San Antonio, TX, closed their middle & HS libraries - a library-wide ban - to assess which books to remove under SB 13. See article for action steps. School board meets Nov. 10. Thanks for speaking out! #kidlit #bookbans @bookriot.bsky.social

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A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries
In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
cswild.bsky.social
🥰💜 Thanks @isabellepopp.bsky.social and @bookriot.bsky.social for this great shout-out for #LoveViolet! So many gems on this list!

@charlenedraws.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #lgbtqiakids #pridebooks

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8 of the Best Recent Award-Winning Picture Books
From the Caldecott to the Stonewall Book Award, these picture book awards will help you discover the best recently published picture books.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
cswild.bsky.social
This library needs your support today! 700 books have been challenged.

Please sign the petition and help @everylibrary.bsky.social fight for libraries in the United States.

#bookbans #booksnotbans

www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/st... @everylibrary.bsky.social
Stop the Book Bans & Demand Accountability from Lamar CISD
Lamar CISD has quietly banned over 700 books — including The Paper Bag Princess, Pinkalicious, The House on Mango Street, The Glass Menagerie, The Bluest Eye, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.&nbsp...
www.fightforthefirst.org
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
cswild.bsky.social
Here's how I met Plymouth Congregational Church, which supported me personally (see below!), 2LGBTQIA+ and marginalized people generally, and reading freedom boldly during #MahmoudvTaylor. Organized religion is complicated for me, but I found love among these people. That gives me hope!
Rainbow-sparkle background with two girls at top for decoration and QR code. Lavender box with black and violet text: "From a thank-you letter to Plymouth Cong. Church: “I discovered Plymouth after I came out in the Minneapolis StarTribune in 2007. I’d left a faculty position at an Evangelical college and shocked my family. My friend suggested I might feel welcome at Plymouth. I did! The music, prayers, and messages of justice healed me when I thought I no longer had a religious home.” Same background with soft yellow box and black/ violet text: " From a thank-you letter to Plymouth Cong. Church: “Soon after, I fell in love with Tara, who was also coming out late in life, while in seminary to become a military chaplain. We had to hide our joy in public, but Plymouth was a true sanctuary. You were one of our few safe places. (I hope you forgave our 100-watt smiles and sappy handholding in those first days of new love!)” Same background with soft peach box and black/ violet text: From a thank-you letter to Plymouth Cong. Church: “Thank you for your part in our personal story and in our shared story of crafting a more loving, just society together. I wish you peace and courage for whatever is before you. Keep being light, keep being hope, keep being love in a troubled world.”
October 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
cswild.bsky.social
🌈💜📚 This is beautiful: In response to #MahmoudvTaylor, Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis not only purchased 100 copies of #LOVEVIOLET to donate, but raised 2k for #LGBTQIA+ causes!

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#kidlit #bookbans @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social
Plymouth Congregational Church Supports Reading Freedom! - Charlotte Sullivan Wild
Here’s a story of love, a story about people of faith doing the opposite of banning books. *** This year, my picture book Love, Violet became embroiled in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. Rel...
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October 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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mackidssl.bsky.social
We believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek
October 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
cswild.bsky.social
What a great chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social & #GigiHoward of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social & @everylibrary.bsky.social !

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

Event Schedule: www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...

#kidlit #lgbtqiakids
@mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
Background of glittery gold and an open book. Blue heading: "Finding Your Voice: LGBTQIA+ Picture Books" Red print: "Replay in bio" Blue rectangle with "Everylibrary live presents... Banned Books Week 2025. Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke, Hosted by Gigi Howard from Drinks in the Library. Tues. Oct. 7 at 7 PM EDT on EveryLibrary's Facebook and YouTube Live. Head shots of the authors. Wild: close of face with light skin, subtle smile, wavy long dark blond hair. Locke: Smiling with light skin, long brown hair over one shoulder in red sweater with water behind them. QR code. Similar design with decorative mauve heart in top corner and image of picture book Love, Violet in lower corner. Text in blue and red on soft gold box: “‘Book banning is about... holding up these myths that keep prejudice going. Prejudice depends on you not seeing the humanity of other people. You have to have stereotypes. You have to have lies [and] fear… Our stories do... the opposite. They humanize.’ Charlotte Sullivan Wild, author of Love, Violet” QR code. Similar design with three accept lines around the first line of text. Image of picture books What Are Your Words? on side. Yellow and white text on dark blue box: “‘[Diverse] books are for everybody. Everybody can identify with some piece of this book and learn something… and find common ground. That’s what stories do best. And that’s how we build a bigger community. That’s what I’m always trying to do with my books.’ Katherine Locke, author of What Are Your Words?” QR code
October 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
cswild.bsky.social
What a great conversation with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social about the power of LGBTQIA+ picture books! Thanks to @everylibrary.bsky.social for hosting! #kidlit

YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/11842...
Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke
YouTube video by EveryLibrary
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October 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
cswild.bsky.social
I can't wait for this FREE conversation with my SCOTUS Book Club pal @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward of Drinks in the Library!

Oct. 7 @ 7PM Eastern
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX...

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Finding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine Locke
YouTube video by EveryLibrary
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October 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
cswild.bsky.social
Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek!

I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern.

Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit

Sign up here:
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EveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 Calendar
Join EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t...
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October 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
cswild.bsky.social
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Martyrs, Myths, and Moral Clarity
A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble
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September 16, 2025 at 2:48 AM
cswild.bsky.social
Ira Wells' powerful response to book banning efforts in CA lays bare the true aim: to erase and degrade anyone of a marginalized identity. I appreciate this clarity that applies to so much banning. #booksnotbans #kidlit #FReadom #readingliberty @pencanada.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
cswild.bsky.social
Want to support #FReadom? For a short time, the book creators named in #MahmoudvTaylor are offering shirts, hoodies, & sweatshirts with art from @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social - to raise funds for @penamerica.bsky.social, who supported us during this case! #kidlit

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Person with brown skin wearing a black shirt with a screened cartoon image of the 9 US Supreme Court justices each holding one of the picture books named in Mahmoud v. Taylor. In script: "SCOTUS Book Club" Person with light skin wearing a white sweatshirt with hands in a kangaroo pouch, with a screened cartoon image of the 9 US Supreme Court justices each holding one of the picture books named in Mahmoud v. Taylor. In script: "SCOTUS Book Club"
August 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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heykellyjensen.bsky.social
“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill

This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.

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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
There is so much I could say for The Pink Pajamas, but so little time!

So this short video is just summarizing the story, and my hope for the book!

#kidlit #books #booksky
August 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
cswild.bsky.social
Congrats @charlenedraws.bsky.social on your beautiful new #picturebook THE PINK PAJAMAS! This tender story about a pj-making aunt, loss, and love is so beautiful!

(Charlene created the gorgeous illustrations for Love, Violet)

#kidlit #weneeddiversebooks

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Four Questions for Charlene Chua
A grieving girl finds the ideal way to honor her late aunt in Charlene Chua’s 'The Pink Pajamas: A Story About Love and Loss,' the second picture book Chua has both written and illustrated (after 2020...
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August 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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sarahsbrannen.bsky.social
I had the time wrong - it starts tonight at 8 pm Eastern and goes for 24 hours. I'll be reading at 2:45 pm tomorrow! #ReadOUTLoud
August 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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authorsabb.bsky.social
This weekend Read OUT Loud as part of a national day of action to support Queer Kids Books. Find in-person events near you or sign up to participate in an online action!
Read OUT Loud Press Release
Read OUT Loud Contact Information: Jeannie Regan (she/her) jeannieregan.mail@gmail.com Emily L. (they/them) sorryimallbooked88@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/readoutloud4ever Release Date: July ...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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ctnelson1907.bsky.social
"given Mahmoud’s award of temporary relief to a single school district, it has no effect on the fundamental values of our State"

BOOM!!
There it is!!
Let this be the banner on every school board thinking their being pressured to follow crooked bans...
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
cswild.bsky.social
Just a reminder, #MahmoudvTaylor is not a ban. Schools are still free to present #inclusiveeducation and to make sure every student is welcome and supported. See what NY is doing...

#kidlit ##booksnotbans #lgbtqia #@weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social

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Statement from New York State Education Leaders on Supreme Court Decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor
“We express our disappointment in the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which unnecessarily interjected the Court into a dispute over local school district curricula. Mahmoud invol...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
If you’re craving more on this topic, I interviewed the author of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding about Alito’s homophobic butchering of its message: slate.com/news-and-pol...
How Sam Alito Inadvertently Revealed His Own Homophobia From the Bench
So what was the message of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding?
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July 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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mombian.bsky.social
This may seem amorphous, but it is something that I and two of the authors in the case, @cswild.bsky.social and @katherinelocke.bsky.social, have all noticed, and I think it's very real.
July 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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sarahsbrannen.bsky.social
My statement on the decision and dissent in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Please also read statements by all the authors via @penamerica.bsky.social, and statements by @robinstevenson.bsky.social, @katherinelocke.bsky.social, +Charlotte Sullivan Wild. 100% agree with everything they said.
July 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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robinstevenson.bsky.social
"We would not expect schools to put Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in the sex education curriculum simply because it features a straight mom and dad. Why would Justice Gorsuch or others believe stories about families with two moms or two dads belong there?"
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
cswild.bsky.social
I love this article by @mombian.bsky.social about #mahmoudvtaylor & the importance of joy. There is power in sharing our joy & need for inclusive books with educators, school boards, & those deciding whether or not to include everyone at school.

#kidlit #lgbtq+

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July 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM