📚 Picture book author 💜 LOVE, VIOLET, 🍎THE AMAZING IDEA OF YOU; former educator, bookseller, SCBWITexas RA; 🌈LGBTQIAP+ she/her; ♿ME/CFS; sings to 🐓 in 🇮🇹
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ALT Lavender background with vines and hearts. Caption: “Happy Valentine’s Day! (New) Love, Violet Audio Book / Activities and Videos; www.charlotteswild.com; Cover of the picture book Love, Violet with 2 girls smiling at each other in a snowy scene, one (peach skin, short red hair) holding a valentine heart to her chin - the other with brown skin and thick, curly, dark hair; Love, Violet coloring sheet; video still of illustrator Charlene Chua holding up early watercolor draft from the book, they are Asian with short, asymmetrical, black hair and glasses; color slide from video of diverse queer kids of different sizes, ethnicities, holding hands, one in wheelchair, with many pride flags above their heads; a QR code that leads to the author’s website.
ALT Glowing sunset, snowy, woodsy background. Mira and Violet run laughing together, holding hands through the snow, arms outstretched. Mira has violet cap and coat, brown skin, thick, curly, black hair; Violet has white and purple cowgirl hat and coat, peach skin; short, asymmetrical red hair.
ALT Dark blue background, SCBWI The Official Blog logo in top corner. Heading: Cures for Loneliness: Writing & Illustrating Disability (by) Charlotte Sullivan Wild. Image below heading: Photo by C. S. Wild 2021 - Nighttime window with a reflection/ silhouette of a figure with hair in a loose bun, lamp and dressers from a living room, looking out on fading sunset, silhouette of trees and a barn. The moon looks like a small jewel or tear on the figure's face.
ALT Dark blue background. Large quotation in white: "Sometimes the smallest help is life-changing." Smaller quotation in lime green box: "One book can't solve everything. But authentic books can affirm kids, model friendship, and dismantle ableism - page by page." Below this a photo and caption: My little cures: Sepia photo of the book Unbroken: 13 Stories Starring Disabled Teens, edited by Marieke Nijkamp, on a wooden table, surrounded by pill organization box, liquid brown medicine bottle and syringe, sprays, salt, electrolyte packs, compression socks, sunglasses, hot and cold packs, wrist heart rate monitor, bandana to cover unwashed hair (bathing = 2-3 day recovery).
ALT The title image has a lavender background with white hearts and the cover of the book LOVE, VIOLET (with two girls in snow smiling at each other, one with peach skin and short red hair, cowgirl hat and boots, holding a valentine heart to her chin shyly; a girl with brown skin and thick curly dark hair smiles back as she runs toward the page turn. The video associated with this image can also be found on my website blog with the speech text and select image descriptions here: www.CharlotteSWild.com/blog/
ALT List of diverse books for young people challenged in Samuels Public Library, Warren County, VA. The article with this public document is available here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/virginia-public-library-defund-republican-lgbtq-books The document can be downloaded as a .pdf
ALT List of diverse books for young people challenged in Samuels Public Library, Warren County, VA. The article with this public document is available here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/virginia-public-library-defund-republican-lgbtq-books The document can be downloaded as a .pdf
ALT List of diverse books for young people challenged in Samuels Public Library, Warren County, VA. The article with this public document is available here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/virginia-public-library-defund-republican-lgbtq-books The document can be downloaded as a .pdf
ALT List of diverse books for young people challenged in Samuels Public Library, Warren County, VA. The article with this public document is available here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/02/virginia-public-library-defund-republican-lgbtq-books The document can be downloaded as a .pdf
ALT Book cover, child standing in red tennis shoes, blue tux and vest and red bow tie, lower part of child's face is showing, smiling, with red hair and peach skin; the child has a hand in their pocket and is touching the vest with pride
ALT Same child, holding same tux and bowtie on a hanger up to self, over pajamas; Molly is barefoot, one arm and one leg extended in a joyful "ta-da" pose, eyes closed with a big grin, red hair in short bob and bangs
ALT Banner for event with rainbow border, pictures of Chris Colfer (light skin, short brown hair, slight smile), Cameron Esposito (short blonde/dark hair with tuft at front, looking to side in blazer), Alexandra Bilings (bob of medium red blonde hair, light skin, hand under chin, bright smile), Sa'lyda Shabazz (dark skin, short hair high top, black glasses, bright smile, leaning against brick wall in olive cardigan)
ALT Stripe of rainbow colors at top, Pride and Less Prejudice logo, row of book spines in rainbow colors
