Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now!

📚 Picture book author 💜 LOVE, VIOLET, 🍎THE AMAZING IDEA OF YOU; former educator, bookseller, SCBWITexas RA; 🌈LGBTQIAP+ she/her; ♿ME/CFS; sings to 🐓 in 🇮🇹

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

🎉Happy #PRIDE!!!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
#Pride2022 is a strange brew of racist/anti-queer attacks on kids & carers - & beautiful new #LGBTQIA #kidlit. In this time of hate, celebrating love is radical 📚

🌈LOVE, VIOLET💜
@charlenedraws @MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL @trishadeg @agentmjchang @aramkimart

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

Cheers for the NEW audio book of LOVE, VIOLET, narrated by @itsmesbp - just in time for #ValentinesDay!

@charlenedraws and I have #activities, videos, a #storytime, and audio links on my website: https://t.co/btx7hn2QrF

@MacKidsBooks @MacmillanAudio @fsgbooks (c) C Chua 2022

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@goes_by_kim @sciam Those of us sick with ME/CFS prior to the Pandemic knew COVID would bring a new wave of ME patients. We hope(d) Long Covid - a big portion of which turns into ME/CFS - would bring needed attention to long-neglected patients who are often left to doctor themselves without support.

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@goes_by_kim @sciam I appreciate this coverage, yet wonder why ME/CFS is not mentioned yet again. Stephanie Grach (Mayo) is an ME/CFS specialist. The symptoms she and the article describe are core to ME - an illness long ignored and stigmatized in medicine and media. Please don't leave ME ppl behind

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@goes_by_kim @sciam Those of us with ME/CFS often can't get help even from doctors - who usually don't know what ME/CFS is or don't believe us - and insurance almost never covers any treatment that reduces our disability. ME is one of the most diabling illnesses and weirdly the least funded.

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

* Disabled authors/ illustrators unable to do school/ conference visits - some of us are brainstorming ideas to bridge that gap. We may reach out to other orgs for support. If you'd like to join our conversation, comment, DM, or reach out via my website: https://t.co/qSOE3YDBRc

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

I wrote "CURES FOR LONELINESS: Writing & Illustrating Disability" for @scbwi Official Blog. I included resources for anyone illustrating/ writing/ editing disability experiences. Thanks!

#disabilitykid #weneeddiversebooks #disabilitykidlit @MacKidsBooks

https://t.co/TTGTjWL0jn

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

From: "CURES FOR LONELINESS: WRITING & ILLUSTRATING DISABILITY" SCBWI Official Blog

https://t.co/TTGTjWL0jn

Book pictured: Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens, ed. by @mariekeyn, 2018 - @MacKidsBooks

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

Our Stonewall acceptance speeches for Love, Violet are also available here, with the full text and select image descriptions.

Thanks for supporting diverse books!

https://t.co/b9FKRb6HnF…

@charlenedraws #WeNeedDiverseBooks #FReadom

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

In honor of #BannedBooksWeek & #librarians & #teachers working for #freadom - @charlenedraws and I offer our Love, Violet #Stonewallbookawards acceptance speeches. Thanks for all you do!

https://t.co/OM3rjpNX4P

@ALALibrary @MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL @trishadeg #kidlit #lgbtqkids

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💜 This press has created so many gorgeous books. Here's a beautiful way to support them and fight the impact of book bans! #BooksNotBans Only 3 more days!

[Levine Querido @LevineQuerido]

Help us fight #bookbans and #censorship and shine a light on Black, Brown, Indigenous, AAPI, Jewish, and LGBTQ+ stories.

Our collective freedom to read is under attack: https://t.co/hcJUEIu6sS ›

#Friends4LevineQuerido

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

Here are the books challenged at Samuels Public Library by a local group. They submitted nearly 600 reconsideration forms & got 75% of library funds blocked. Many others are fighting for their library and kids.

I learned of this from the parent of a trans child there.

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

#FReadom #Kidlit
Keep Samuels Public Library open, the only public library in Warren Cty, VA. A small group flooded them with complaints about over 100 diverse/LGBTQIA+ books. They may be closed by Oct. 1. Their talented directer was already driven out.

https://t.co/4CPLsY9vdg

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

Awww So happy to celebrate all these books from afar! 🥰🎉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💜

[Macmillan Children's School & Library 📚 @MacKidsSL]

Celebrating @charlenedraws and @marilock at the Stonewall Ceremony was a highlight of the week.

May LOVE, VIOLET and IN THE KEY OF US find a home on ever shelf! #ALAAC23 (@SullivanWild, we missed you!)

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@lislelibrary @sarahkateellis @AliceBMcGinty @roaringsoftly @jodie_GeorgiaNY @MGenhart @KyleLukoff @Bibliogato 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💜 Beautiful list! Thank you for your work! @charlenedraws & I have activity sheets, a story time and kid videos about Love, Violet here.

https://t.co/xAufN1PiMP

Happy #Pride2023 all year!

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@LessPrejudice Thanks for all your amazing work for kids and educators! 🥰🌈💜🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

@ljrwritenow @charlenedraws Thanks for featuring 🌈Love, Violet!💜 For those with littles, @charlenedraws and I have activity sheets, a story time and author/illustrator videos at
https://t.co/xAufN1PiMP…

Happy #PRIDE2023!

@MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL @trishadeg

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

🎉Happy #PRIDE!!!🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
#Pride2022 is a strange brew of racist/anti-queer attacks on kids & carers - & beautiful new #LGBTQIA #kidlit. In this time of hate, celebrating love is radical 📚

🌈LOVE, VIOLET💜
@charlenedraws @MacKidsBooks @MacKidsSL @trishadeg @agentmjchang @aramkimart

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

Big cheers for Molly!
Also: pockets for rocks for all!

Special thanks to Vicki for writing this beautiful book about picture day and to Gillian for the vibrant, heart-filled images!

Pre-order anywhere books are sold, but you know to love to your local indie! Pre-orders help!

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

🎉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Five bowties for MOLLY'S TUXEDO by @vickijohnson @gillianimation, a tender celebration of daring to be yourself - on picture day, and every day! I love this sweet book so! 👔

During June, 20% off at https://t.co/EVDtu3wCgf with code PRIDE2023 https://t.co/vmj6eFs4Om

[Charlotte Sullivan Wild | LOVE, VIOLET out now! @SullivanWild]

MOLLY'S TUXEDO reminded of many who were forced to wear clothes, hair that felt wrong, who weren't allowed the "good" toys, who were excluded because of their gender. Molly is a tribute to them, a gift to kids today, who will find themselves joyfully affirmed in these pages!