Hello, fellow law nerds. Welcome to a special episode of Boom Lawyred, a Rewire News Group podcast hosted by the legal journalism team that encourages you to read banned books.

I'm Rewire News Group's co-chief content officer, Imani Gandhi. And I'm Jess Piccolo, Rewire Newsgroup's

other co-chief content officer. Rewire News Group is the one and only home for expert repro

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lawyer podcast is part of that mission. So a big thanks to our subscribers and welcome to our new

listeners. Speaking of listeners, Amani teed up, we have a very special episode. We are thrilled

to have with us, Robin Stevenson.

She is an award-winning author and the heart and brains behind Pride Puppie, one of the nine LGBTQ picture books targeted for banning and the center of the Supreme Court case, Mahmood v. Taylor.

Robin, welcome to Boom Lawyered.

Hi.

Hi.

Thank you so much for having me here.

We are just thrilled to have you. We're absolutely so thrilled. So for those who don't have kids or who may not be familiar with your book Pride Puppy, can you give us an overview?

Sure, yeah. So Pride Puppy is an alphabet book, so it's aimed at kids about age three to five. It looks like this. And it's illustrated by Julie McLaughlin. So it's lots of really gorgeous artwork. And Julie is also a Canadian illustrator. And so the interior looks like this. It's very brightly colored and there's one

letter on each page. And it's a book that tells the story of a family going to a pride parade

with their dog. And it's very much reflects my experience as a parent, going to pride with my kid,

meeting up with the grandparents, seeing friends, basically just a day out for the

family. So it's not a complex plot. I mean, they go to pride. They lose the dog. They find the dog.

They go home. There's not, shouldn't be a lot of comprehension challenges there. It's aimed at really young

kids. And it's just a very joyful, kind of bright, inclusive story. So I just want to be perfectly clear.

It's not a bondage manual for kindergartners, like Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested during the

Mahmoud v. Taylor oral arguments.

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