Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️‍🌈♿

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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 🌿 📚 Repped by www.andreabrownlit.com/Team/analia

Woman with short hair working at a table and smiling with a red chiweenie on her lap and mini bernedoodle on a bed below, Colorado pines outside the glass doors.
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.”
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.
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"
Same style as previous slides. “the Supreme Court majority isn’t content to choose their own marriage type & respect other people’s legal freedoms. They’ve opted to erase LGBTQ+ children & families. LGBTQ+ existence offends them. LGBTQ+ joy angers them. My response? I JOYFULLY DISSENT. "
All 5 slides have crumpled foil background and text boxes in various shades of pinks, purples, and whiltes, with decorative hearts, QR codes, and "C.S. Wild, Once Upon a Ban." Slide 1 has the picture book cover for Love, Violet, and an author photo of a woman with long, dark blonde, wavy hair, light skin, slight smile, blue shirt. "I Joyfully Dissent: Author Charlotte Sullivan Wild on Mahmoud v. Taylor and Where We Go From Here. By Once Upon a Ban"
4. Soft green to blue background with rainbow on top with soft heart framing page. "Justice Thomas suggested that schools “cabin” LGBTQ+ representation into separate units to make opt-outs easier. But the Supreme Court already decided: SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL. Justice Alito wrote for the majority that our books are “coercive” because they show LGBTQ+ JOY. Which is HUMAN JOY. Every child deserves books that honor their FULL HUMANITY. EVERYONE belongs at school. EVERYONE belongs in this world."
1. Banner with covers of LGBTQ+ picture books in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Soft image of US Supreme Court building, with illustrated rainbow and purple heart over it, lower corner, image of Violet and Mira from Love, Violet smiling, running away from the building. Footer, image of Love, Violet book, pink-to-yellow color, "Response to Mahmoud v. Taylor"
The cover of the picture book Intersection Allies: We Make Room for All, with soft yellow background and simple, colorful images of different friends holding the letters of the title with different kinds of hair texture, styles, skin colors, different types of dress and one child in a wheel chair.
Slide 7: Soft pink background, dark read heart and script heading: "Every battle over representation v. censorship is personal." Image of article heading: "The Hill, LGBTQ 'Authors in Supreme Court LGBTQ books case detail 'surreal' fight' By Brooke Migdon - -4/25/25 6:00 AM ET" Image of banner with covers of all 9 picture books named in Mahmoud v. Taylor. Caption: "Check out the article and books for yourself!" QR code.
Soft orchid background, dark red hearts around small image of the picture book "Love, Violet" with script heading: "Charlotte Sullivan Wild | Love, Violet" Quotation: "[Violet] was my age level. This was me... I'm asking you to see me... and to see the children... in these classrooms as real human being worthy of kindness and respect. That's what our books are about." Footer: "The Hill: 'Authors in Supreme Court LGBTQ+ Case'"
Soft blue background. Dark red heart and script heading: "On Misrepresentation: Orca Publisher Andrew Wooldridge" Image of the picture book Pride Puppy! Quotation: "Justice Gorsuch's characterization of [Pride Puppy!] during the Supreme Court arguments is a misrepresentation..."[It] simply depects a diverse community enjoying a Pride celebration..." Footer: "The Hill: 'Authors in Supreme Court LGBTQ+ CASE"
Soft pink background, dark red heart and heading in dark red script: The personal stories behind our books. Image of article header: "The Hill: LGBTQ, Authors in Supreme Court LGBTQ books case detail 'surreal fight. By Brooke Migdon = 4/26/25 6 AM ET" Below title, image of protesters with rainbow umbrellas and a sign: "You can't opt out of queer people existing!" QR code
On soft pink background with two darker pink scribbled hearts, image of the author smiling, with light skin and light brown wavy hair. "Interview with Charlotte Sullivan Wild, Author of Love, Violet" @OnceUponaBan and QR code
Color cartoon image of the nine Supreme Court Justicies mostly seated, each holding a different picture book from Mahmoud v. Talyor
Dark text on faded image of Supreme Court building: "Sarah Brannen, author of Uncle Bobby’s Wedding Chris Case, illustrator of Jacob’s Room to Choose Carolyn Choi, author of IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All LaToya Council, author of IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All Daniel Haack, author of Prince & Knight Ian Hoffman, author of Jacob’s Room to Choose Sarah Hoffman, author of Jacob’s Room to Choose Stevie Lewis, illustrator of Prince & Knight Katherine Locke, author of What Are Your Words? Julie McLaughlin, illustrator of Pride Puppy DeShanna Neal, author of My Rainbow Trinity Neal, author of My Rainbow Andy Passchier, illustrator of What Are Your Words Jodie Patterson, author of Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope Chelsea Johnson Rabb, author of IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All Ashley Seil Smith, illustrator of IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All Robin Stevenson, author of Pride Puppy Charlotte Sullivan Wild, author of Love, Violet"
White text on turquoise box, with faded image of Supreme Court building on the edges: "Our most basic duty as members of society is to respect and care for each other, no matter how similar or different we may be. Children want to see themselves in books; all children need to see many different kinds of people in books."
White text on turquoise box: "Every child deserves the freedom to read. The freedom to read leads to the freedom to learn. Children need to know that there are other people like them in the world, that they aren’t alone, that their hopes and fears are shared by others. And they need the freedom to read about different people with different views, from diverse ethnic backgrounds and abilities. The freedom to read means that children are free to have their own thoughts and beliefs and to make their own choices. It helps prepare them to be good citizens, to navigate and succeed in a complex and diverse world."
White text on turquoise box, with faded image of Supreme Court building on the edges: "Specifically targeting books about one group of families and children is discriminatory and leaves this group vulnerable to mistreatment and bullying. A ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in this case would undermine teachers in their efforts to create safe, inclusive classrooms where all children learn to treat each other with respect and kindness. Research shows that representation is linked to better educational outcomes."
White text on turquoise box, with faded image of Supreme Court building on the edges: "We stand in support of the Montgomery County School District. We oppose censoring or segregating books, like ours, that feature LGBTQ+ people. All families deserve to be seen and heard. To act otherwise is harmful and sends a devastating message to students: that their lives and families are so offensive and dangerous that they can’t even be discussed in school."
White text on turquoise box: "We created our books with love and care. Children and their parents need to see families like their own in books. We have all had the experience of meeting a child and their family who are delighted by our books. We have been told about children hugging our books and carrying them everywhere they go. We have heard emotional stories from adults who wish they had had our books when they were growing up. These were the books we ourselves needed when we were young."
White text on turquoise box: "On January 17, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that it will hear Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case brought by a group of parents from Montgomery County, Maryland, against the Board of Education for the County school district. The case revolves around the district’s decision to include certain books with LGBTQ+ characters and themes in the elementary school curriculum. The parents argue that their religious rights are being violated by not being able to opt their children out of class when such books are to be used. We, as authors and illustrators of the books, strongly support the school district and its decision to include our books in the curriculum."
Text on aqua box: Statement by authors and illustrators of books in Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. The covers of nine picture books over a faded image of the Supreme Court buildling: Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope; The IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All; Jacob's Room to Choose; Love, Violet; My Rainbow; Pride Puppy!; Prince & Knight; Uncle Bobby's Wedding; What Are Your Words?
Framed watercolor of the original art for the cover of the picture book Love, Violet. In a snowcape with gold and peach sky, Violet smiles, holding a handmakde pink heart valentine to her chin, looking at Mira. Violet has light skin, red asymmetrical red hair, a white cowgirl hat and purple coat. Mira smiles back, running in the distance with brown skin, dark thick curly hair in a violet cap and coat.
Watercolor of two girls in snowy woods holding hands, smiling and running. One has brown skin, freckles, thick curly dark hair, violet snow cap and jacket, the other has peach skin, short asymmetrical red hair and white and purple cowgirl hat and purple coat and boots. From the picture book Love, Violet by Wild/ Chua