PRIDE for all ages
Author writes Pride books for tots to teens and those in between
Dana RUdolph | Contributing Columnist
There are happily now many children’s books about Pride, but Robin Stevenson may be the author who has taken up the subject for the most age groups. Over the past few years, Stevenson, an award-winning author of more than 25 books in total, has published a board book, a picture book, a middle grade nonfiction book and a young adult novel all revolving around Pride.
She told me via e-mail, “Pride has always been important to me, but it has had different meanings for me at different times in my life coming out as a young adult, taking my own child, talking to queer activists around the world in researching my book and I think all of those meanings have filtered into my writing.”