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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Absolutely!! And if you look at the P page, the pomeranian is the illustrator's dog, Mr Pants. Both of them now very much missed- and both will make an appearance in the sequel!

English Cocker spaniel wearing a rainbow bandana, sitting on a graffitied box.

Cocker spaniel puppy standing on a rainbow crosswalk.

English Cocker spaniel wearing a rainbow bandana and sitting beside the book PRIDE PUPPY

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Spaniels are the absolute best. Please post photos; I need more spaniels in my time line. Nearly 3 years since mine died and I still miss him so much.

English Cocker spaniel, blue roan, lying on wooden deck in the sunshine.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

October is LGBTQ+ history month 🏳️‍🌈. If you'd like to talk to me about booking a virtual school visit for grades 5-12, send me a message! More information on my website (link in bio).

Book cover: Pride- The Celebration and the Struggle

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My latest is THE BOOK OF JUPITER, about a girl who has grown up in an isolated community with an authoritarian, charismatic leader. Ara's been taught never to ask questions- the book is about what happens when she does. Starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist! It's my favorite of all my novels!

Book cover. An illustrated cover showing a girl with long red hair and a white dress standing in an orchard. Behind her is a wire fence, and in the night sky overhead hangs a huge planet. The title is in white and reads "The Book of Jupiter." The author's name is at the bottom of the page- "Robin Stevenson"

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Never get tired of this ferry ride. Feeling very lucky to live in BC.

Photograph of the view from the ferry, showing blue sky with white clouds, water, and the shores of rocky, tree covered islands. A large white ferry is passing by.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I haven't seen anyone mention my unlikely favorite Tim Curry movie (not counting Rocky Horror obvs!). Times Square came out in 1980 and was one of the first movies I saw with a queer relationship between two girls. Tim Curry plays a radio DJ, Johnny LaGuardia, and was so good (as was Robin Johnson!)

Movie poster for Times Square, showing the images of Tim Curry and two teenage girls- one wearing a hat and one smoking- against a yellow background.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

We are thrilled to share the cover of our new picture book, Pride Puppy Countdown! We hope you will enjoy reading it as much as @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social and I enjoyed creating it. Pride Puppy Countdown comes out April 2027, and is available for pre-order now: www.orcabook.com/Pride-Puppy-...

Slide shows the cover of a picture book with the title Pride Puppy Countdown. A child with curly red hair, cat ears, a purple shirt and a rainbow necklace dances on the grass at the center of the image, with a brown and white dog holding a long rainbow ribbon in its mouth. Several adults, children and dogs dance, chat, and play musical instruments behind them. Further back, outlines of tall buildings can be seen against a sunset sky,as can the silhouette of a parade going by.

The author and illustrator's names are at the bottom of the image- Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin.

Text reads: cover reveal, coming April 2027 , pre-order now!

Slide shows the cover of a picture book with the title Le Compte a Rebours d'Arc-en-Ciel. A child with curly red hair, cat ears, a purple shirt and a rainbow necklace dances on the grass at the center of the image, with a brown and white dog holding a long rainbow ribbon in its mouth. Several adults, children and dogs dance, chat, and play musical instruments behind them. Further back, outlines of tall buildings can be seen against a sunset sky,as can the silhouette of a parade going by.

The author and illustrator's names are at the bottom of the image- Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin.

Text reads: en francais, arrivee en April 2027 , precommandez des maintenant!

A slide with a starry dark blue, purple and pink background shows a number of small images of illustrations of dogs, children, rainbow flags, cake and balloons. Two full pages from the book are also shown here: the first is of a group of people dancing, with text that reads "10 good friends dance in the sun, puppy plays with everyone" and the second shows a scene inside an apartment, where a person seated in a wheelchair holds a tray of cookies while a child hands a bag of cookies to another child, and text reads "8 fresh cookies in a bag, puppy's tail starts to wag."

Additional colorful text boxes on the slide read: more cute dogs (and some cats too!), more rainbows, 100+ search items, more queer joy (and cookies!)

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In Alberta this week to see family, so I had a chance to visit the University of Calgary School of Education's fabulous new staircase! Incredible to see my and @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social's Pride Puppy recognized like this, in the company of so many books I love 🏳️‍🌈🐶📚

A woman with curly hair and glasses, wearing jeans and blue shirt and white running shoes, sitting on stairs painted as book spines, in orange and red. A copy of the book Pride Puppy sits on the stair painted with its title.

Another photo of the staircase, with titles Charlotte's Web, The Diary of a Young Girl, Ann of Green gables, Are you there god? It's me Margaret, The Hobbit, Animal Farm, the Lord of the Rings, The Giver, a Wrinkle in Time, Life of Pi, The Book thief and the Breadwinner.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet

A mostly black English cocker spaniel lying on a wooden feck, holding a blue handled pair of scissors in his mouth.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Yes! I do this too. Currently have this book on the table beside me- it's a good one!

Image shows cover of book titled ALONE WITH ALL THAT COULD HAPPEN: RETHINKING CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ABOUT THE CRAFT OF FICTION WRITING. The author's name David Jauss. The book cover is green with a small golden bird on it, and is shown on someone's lap, against an out of focus beige and burgundy Persian-style carpet.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Here's something that wasn't on my author bucket list but would have been, had I known it was possible: an endorsement from a PA library's pet axolotl... by the name of Axl Prose! @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social

Small text reads, Center County Library and Historical Museum, www.centercountylibrary.org. below that, larger text reads, Axel Prose's book of the week, followed by the cover of the picture book Pride Puppy, superimposed on a picture of a very handsome and possibly smiling white axolotl.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I wrote an article for Write Magazine (Writers' Union of Canada) on fighting book bans in Canada. You can read it here: writersunion.ca/sites/defaul...

Screenshot of first page of article linked in post. Title is "Standing Together Against Book Bans in Canada." Pull quote reads "while book banners speak of protecting children and advancing 'parental rights', they ignore the actual needs and rights of young readers."

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

2 weeks until THE BOOK OF JUPITER comes out! I'm spending the month leading up to pub day walking the Southwest Coast Path- probably not ideal for book promotion lol, but I've never been great at that anyway. And this feels like exactly where I need to be.

Photograph of a woman with a backpack and blue hat sitting on a clifftop bench looking out over the ocean and rocky coastline.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Glad to see THE BOOK OF JUPITER included in this summer reads round up from School Library Journal! I think this interview was about 40 minutes long, and of all the things I said, I'm glad they picked this one to quote! www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/summer...

Text reads: "We do a huge disservice to young people when we limit their access to information and shut down their questions." - Robin Stevenson, author, The Book of Jupiter

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Author copies of THE BOOK OF JUPITER arrived! And it looks so beautiful, and it has A MAP!!! I have always wanted a book with a map!!! Thanks @risahugo.bsky.social for both the gorgeous cover and the map- it looks even better in real life!

A cardboard box containing copies of the middle grade novel The Book of Jupiter. Book cover shows a girl in an orchard night, with a large planet hanging in the sky overhead.

Interior map. Text in top left corner reads Jupiter Station. A river runs along the bottom of the page, and above it the map shows seven buildings connected by paths, in a fenced community surrounded by trees.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

First review arrived for The Book of Jupiter!! Kirkus star!!! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Text on starry background reads: kirkus. The Book of Jupiter. By Robin Stevenson. Release date June 2nd, 2026. "Propulsive pacing and humane characterization make this unsettling story believable and hard to forget... A compassionate harrowing page turner."

Cover image of The Book of Jupiter shows a nighttime scene of a girl with long red hair and white dress standing in a green orchard. There is a large planet Jupiter hanging in the sky overhead and a chain link fence in the background.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If your kids are excited about the winter Olympics, they might enjoy my most recent book! It includes a number of athletes currently competing- Lindsay Vonn, Chloe Kim, Alex and Maia Shibutani- as well as icons like Michelle Kwan, Johnny Weir and Surya Bonaly!

Cover of book KID OLYMPIANS: WINTER against snowy background. Book is blue, white and red, with illustrations by Alison Steinfeld showing eight of the athletes in the book.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Story Studio and Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans are teaming up to launch a national youth writing contest on the theme of freedom to read! Please share! @caiabb.bsky.social y.social #FreedomToRead #ftrw2026 #writingcontest #bookbans #caiabb #bced #abed #onted

Story Studio and CAIABB present Words Without Walls writing contest. What happens when a story is silenced? Who decides what we get to read? We invite writers age 12 to 18 across Canada to share their voices in defense of intellectual freedom. Whether it's fiction, poetry, or a personal essay, tell us why the freedom to read matters to you. Free to enter, one entry per person. Submissions open February 1 to February 28th, 2026. Length 500 to 1500 words. Winners and runners up will be published in an anthology. Learn more at storystudio.ca.

Words Without Walls writing contest. Open to youth (ages 12 to 18) across Canada. Deadline 1159 p.m. pst on February 28th, 2026. Length: 500 to 1500 words. What happens when a story is silenced? Who decides what we get to read? Whether it's fiction, poetry, or a personal essay, tell us why freedom to read matters to you. Submit and learn more at storystudio.ca. Read freely, write boldly.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I'm so excited to share the cover of my next book- my first MG novel in 10 years! THE BOOK OF JUPITER is the story of Ara, a girl realizing she has grown up in a cult and that much of what she has been taught is a lie. The gorgeous cover art is by Risa Hugo. Coming June 2, from Kids Can Press.

A book cover, with the title The Book of Jupiter and the author name Robin Stevenson. The image is of a night scene: A girl with long red hair and a white dress stands alone in an orchard. In the background is a chain link fence. Overhead in the night sky, a large planet Jupiter looms.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Wrote about Chloe Kim in my book Kid Olympians, and am now a huge fan!

Book cover. Title is KID OLYMPIANS: WINTER. Color is blue and red, with illustrations by Alison Steinfeld showing eight of the athletes featured in the book.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

My mom made this panel of the AIDS Memorial quilt for nine of her friends who died. Kenny was my beautiful, funny friend and roommate; he died in 1990 and I still think of him so often. Silence = Death.

Panel of AIDS Memorial quilt. It reads Flowers for Gord, Kenny, Tom, Arthur, Larry, Ken, Kevin, Ken and Gary.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Just turned in the final (I think) edits on Pride Puppy Countdown, and I am so excited for this book. Cannot WAIT to see what illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social draws! This whole project makes me happy and I know so many kids who are going to love it.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Wow. Had to look them up. Who wants to finish the sentence?

Wikipedia
Catholic League (U.S.)
The Catholic League is an American Catholic organization whose stated purpose is to defend the right of Catholics – lay and clergy alike – to participate in ...

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

What an incredibly satisfying way to finish this (insert multiple swear-y adjectives here) year.

Publishers Marketplace deal announcement screenshot for PRIDE PUPPY COUNTDOWN, a number concept picture book by Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin, to be published by Orca books in spring 2027.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Look what arrived on my doorstep on this dark and rainy evening- my author copies, finally! This one comes out November 11th and I hope kids will enjoy it.

A box containing copies of the book KID OLYMPIANS: WINTER.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

How is the attack on arts and culture in the U.S. impacting Canada? So many thoughts about this and I am looking forward to this conversation! Join us online Nov. 20. (Thanks @cfetmu.bsky.social @pencanada.bsky.social and Mass Culture!)

Text reads Center for Free Expression. How is the attack on arts and culture in the US impacting Canada? 4 photographs below are of Jordan Laffrenier, associate artistic director at Canadian stage; Sascha Priewe, director of collections and public programs at the a
Aga Khan museum; Robin Stevenson, author; and moderator, Brendan De Caries, PEN Canada.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

PRIDE PUPPY illustrator Julie McLaughlin is helping me raise money to sponsor a Ugandan refugee friend to resettle in BC. Want her to create a portrait of your dog (cat, pony etc)? Our auction is here: www.facebook.com/share/1GgGAY... (And the dogs behind our book: my Tazza and Julie's Mr Pants!)

Photo of two dogs: a blue roan spaniel wearing a rainbow pride bandana and a Pomeranian wearing a blue scarf.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Want to get a custom portrait of your own very good dog from PRIDE PUPPY illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social (and also support refugee resettlement?) Here you go! www.facebook.com/share/16GdRb...

An illustration of a small brown and black dog, with the name Poppy written above and a banner of flowers below

A photo of an English Cocker spaniel wearing a rainbow bandana, posed beside the book Pride Puppy

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Fox News dropping the audio clip of Gorsuch lying about Pride Puppy... into a completely unrelated story about Harvard... with no explanation given. I know Fox is kinda unhinged but why so obsessed with our little alphabet book?

Screenshot of this article: https://www.foxnews.com/media/harvard-hires-drag-queen-lawhore-vagistan-visiting-professor-gender-sexuality-studies

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

If you see this post a bridge (also l love all these bridge photos!)

Wooden bridge extending forward to grassy bank, tree on either side, green field beyond.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

In case you need to see something beautiful. This is from my hike today: Hadrian's Wall, built almost 2000 years ago.

A photograph of Hadrian's Wall snaking along a steep craggy ridge, with a lake and green fields behind the hill.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Delighted that A Hug on the Wind won a Sunshine Coast Book Award! Particularly lovely because I've had such wonderful experiences in that very beautiful and friendly part of BC. Thank you SCWES ❤️

Book cover of A Hug on the Wind. Image of a child in a yellow raincoat, holding a red umbrella.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

The Alberta government actually excluded religious texts from their guidelines.

Screenshot of Ministerial order. Highlighted section reads: but does not include non-sexual content, non-explicit sexual content, or any depiction of any nature contained in religious texts or scriptures.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Here is what appears to be a list of books that Edmonton's school board plans to ban. It includes a lot of really important books, and has the potential to have an impact on many Alberta high school students. x.com/BradLafortun...

Screenshot of post from X, from Bradley, Lafortune. It reads, I've just received what appears to be a legitimate draft list of banned books at one of the largest school boards in the province, and it is enraging and heartbreaking... This government is playing to fear, division and hatred and Alberta's students will suffer.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

When Mahmoud v Taylor was at SCOTUS, the authors & illustrators involved (best support group EVER) joked about making T-shirts. Here they are! We decided to make this public, as a fundraiser for @penamerica.bsky.social. (Yes, that's Gorsuch reading Pride Puppy!) www.customink.com/fundraising/...

White T-shirt with text that reads "scotus book club" and an image of the nine Supreme Court justices reading the nine picture books involved in Mahmoud v Taylor.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

My kid and I made a menu for a Redwall feast when we were reading these books together! Basil Stag Hare's leek soup is still a favorite ten years later.

A menu that lists the following: cheese herb garlic bread a la redwell, Basil stag hare's leek soup, raspberry cordial, Treeroses Apple turnovers, and strawb'rry 'unnymoles. The menu is decorated with pictures of small animals.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Photos from Lake Cowichan yesterday, taken forty five minutes apart: smoke from the China Creek wildfire near Port Alberni. Hope tonight brings rain. Stay safe, everyone.

Image of a beach and a lake, with people swimming. Clear blue sky.

Image of a lake with a white sky, and mountains obscured by smoke.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Canadian authors and illustrators are speaking up against book bans in Canada, especially recent moves by Alberta's government to censor books in schools. If you are a published Canadian author or illustrator, please join us! CAIABB sign up page: www.karijones.ca/canadian-aut...

Authors & Illustrators Speak Out Against Book Bans In Alberta. Text reads:
Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans, a group of published writers and artists from across the country, strongly opposes the recent efforts by the Alberta government to ban books in the province’s schools.
We support the rights of young people to read freely and to access books in which they may see people like themselves and their families on the page, and in which they may learn about the lives of other people different from themselves.
We support their right to find the stories they need and the information they seek.

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Text reads: The reality is that young people have access to many kinds of media and various forums for content.
Books, especially now, are a crucially important and appropriate way for them to learn about all topics, including sex and sexuality, as they develop their understanding of the world and their own relationships and identities.

In the context of rising censorship and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ backlash in the United States, we are particularly distressed to see a Canadian province adopting the same book banning playbook pushed by far-right American groups like Moms for Liberty.
We are concerned that the new guidelines will be used to target 2SLGBTQIA+ books, a practice that not only censors books and undermines student access, but also sends a harmful message that stigmatizes 2SLGBTQIA+ people and suggests that stories about them do not belong in schools.
Footer: Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

Slide 3:
As writers and illustrators, we support the work done by teachers and librarians to develop diverse and inclusive collections in schools, and we urge all levels of government to consult with them about any issues related to books in schools.
As writers — and for some of us, also as teachers and as parents — we understand the value and importance of allowing students to choose the literature they want.
Students who choose the books they want are empowered, allowing them to improve literacy.
Footer: Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

Slide 4:
We believe that the best way to ensure school libraries meet the wide-ranging needs of students is to provide adequate funding for school librarian positions.
Book bans do not protect children. Children do not need to be protected from books in their school libraries.
They do need to be protected from the kinds of hate, bigotry, and discrimination that often motivate attempts to ban books.
We stand against all attempts at book banning in Canadian schools and libraries, and we hope you will join us in this.
Message is signed, Canadian Authors & Illustrators Against Book Bans.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Yesterday- the day after the ruling on Mahmoud v Taylor- @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social and I read Pride Puppy to kids and families at a Queer and Trans Farmers Market. It was a good reminder of why we wrote the book. So much queer joy. Happy Pride, friends.

Two women in colorful dresses and jean jackets are holding a copy of Pride Puppy while sitting on chairs under a white canopy tent. 7 kids, a parent, and ASL interpreter are seated in front of them, with the children's backs to the camera.

Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin are sitting behind a table outdoors. A row of pride flags, hang overhead, and the table in front of them is covered with copies of Pride Puppy as well as a few other books, coloring pages and stickers.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Happy Pride day friends! I'm about to read Pride Puppy with @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social at a very cool queer event and it'll be our first shared author-and- illustrator reading! (Also, here are the two Pride pups who helped write the book. Our co-workers, you might say.)

That photo shows a black and gray spaniel wearing a rainbow bandana, and a Pomeranian wearing a blue bandana. Bandana. There is a painted street pole in the background with a picture of an ice cream cone on it.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Here are the two pups that inspired our Pride Puppy book: my sweet spaniel Tazza and illustrator Julie McLaughlin's incredibly cute Mr Pants! @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social

A photograph showing a blue roan English cocker spaniel wearing a Rainbow Pride bandana, and a very cute Pomeranian with a blue bandana. In the background is a street pole with an ice cream cone painted on it.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Pride Puppy illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social and I wrote a statement on today's SCOTUS decision in the Mahmoud v Taylor case. Here it is.

An image of a family with two moms, a grandma, a baby, a young child, and dog- all characters from the picture book Pride Puppy- stand in front of the US Supreme Court. Text reads, Statement on Mahmoud v. Taylor, by Robin Stevenson and Julie McLaughlin

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Here is the OG Pride Puppy (plus some alphabet book his person wrote). SCOTUS decision likely coming tomorrow morning 😬... so pleeeeease share all your favorite pride puppy photos with me tonight!

A blue roan spaniel wearing a rainbow pride bandana, sitting on a deck chair in the sunshine, with a copy of the picture book Pride Puppy beside him.

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Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Remember when they said they were just worried about books in school libraries? Apparently Walmart is a school now.

Fox News on TV screen, with a picture of the book Pride Puppy. Text at bottom reads reads, "Pride Puppy: Walmart sells sexually suggestive book to kids." The Big Weekend Show

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