Cool Stuff For Queer Kids
The “Red and Green and Blue and White” Book Trailer!
Cheers to the illustrator of our book, Paul O. Zelinsky, for this amazing 49 second book trailer: What's the true meaning of the holidays? Red and Green and Blue and White (Trailer) The light in me – all the colors – recognizes and acknowledges the light in you – all...
Join Me (and Zarqa Yaftali, Malala Yousafzai, and Shaharzad Akbar) and Sign This Petition to Allow Afghan Girls Their Education
It seems shocking that in 2021, an entire country can deny millions of young people their education because of their gender. As the petition says, "Afghanistan is now the only country in the world that forbids girls' education." You can read more, and add your name to...
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution – a Picture Book I wish Had Been Read to Me When I Was a Little Kid
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution: The Story of the Trans Women of Color Who Made LGBTQ+ History by Joy Michael Ellison, Illustrated by Teshika Silver Someday girls like us will be able to wear whatever we want. People will call us by the names we choose. They'll...
It’s the Book Birthday for “Red and Green and Blue and White”! (Meaning, it’s available TODAY!) Please Join me, the book’s illustrator Paul O. Zelinsky, and the wonderful Jane Yolen at the virtual Launch Party on November 10, 2021!
I'm so delighted that my debut picture book is finally, officially, OUT today! Acknowledging that a holiday-themed book (about the true meaning of Chanukah, and Christmas, and community) is not on everyone's radar as decorations and plans for Halloween surround us,...
The Story Behind The Story: “Red and Green and Blue and White”
I love this spot art from the final page of Red and Green and Blue and White, where Paul has added an image of the real-life editorial published in the Billings Gazette, imagining Teresa seeing it in the newspaper. Another awesome moment of our fictional picture book...
Seven Days – A Gay Romance Teen Manga (Graphic Novel)
Seven Days: Monday --> Sunday Story by Venio Tachibana, Art by Rihito Takarai The rules were clear: they could date for a week. But someone forgot to tell love!On a whim, high school third-year Yuzuru Shino asks out first-year Toji Seryo, who is notorious for being a...
The Horn Book shows “Red and Green and Blue and White” some love! (A Starred Review, and More…)
My debut picture book, Red and Green and Blue and White, just got it's 3rd (!!!) Starred Review, in The Horn Book! Among the nice things they said: ★ “Captures the celebratory joys of the season.” —The Horn Book (starred review) And, just as wonderful, the folks at...
A first step to honor Indigenous People’s Day
We used to call it "Columbus Day" here in the U.S. And while there's a growing movement to recognize the vast harms of colonialism, today is still a national holiday. It is an excellent time for me to acknowledge the Kizh, Tongva, and Chumash Nations, whose people...
The October 2021 LGBTQIA2+ History Month Contest!
Maybe you saw the video on TikTok. Or on Instagram. Or maybe you are seeing it here for the first time. I'm so delighted to share a "deleted scene" - just a bit of the amazing LGBTQIA2+ history I learned that didn't end up in No Way, They Were Gay? Here's Plato's full...
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