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. Religious parents won the right to opt-out school children from lessons with 2LGBTQIA+ picutre books, including Love, Violet and eight other… Read more »
October 2025
EveryLibrary: “Finding Your Voice” with C.S. Wild and K. Locke
VIDEO: “Finding Your Voice…” (30 minutes) I enjoyed this lively chat with Gigi Howard of Drinks in the Library and my SCOTUS Mahmoud v. Taylor fellow survivor Katherine Locke, hosted by EveryLibrary for #BannedBooksWeek 2025! In thirty packed minutes, we chatted about our picture books What Are Your Words (illus. by Andy Passchier) and Love, Violet (illus. Charlene Chua)…. Read more »


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