![]() ![]() ![]() At that time, no other picture book had been published about the Pride Flag. My first hope was that I could find a publisher interested in taking a risk on a book like this-a picture book for young readers. What were your hopes for the way this story would be shared? Were you envisioning that it would be read at home with families or in classrooms? I had the first draft written before the sun came up. I decided then and there to write that story. ![]() At that moment, I realized that while most of my students had probably seen a Pride Flag, none knew what it represented, who inspired it, or who designed it. and dusk settled in, the White House suddenly was washed in the colors of the Rainbow Flag. Then, as cameras rolled in Washington, D.C. I sat at home watching the news coverage, awestruck by the events of the day. The SCOTUS marriage equality decision had been announced earlier that day. I remember the exact moment the inspiration struck. With most of my books, I’m hard pressed to remember when the inspiration hit, but with PRIDE: THE STORY OF HARVEY MILK AND THE RAINBOW FLAG my experience was totally different. What made you choose to tell the story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag? ![]()
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