About Wylde Scott

Who Is Wylde Scott

A pen name with a mission

Wylde Scott is an award-winning children's author, researcher, futurist, and literacy advocate, and the founder of The Imagination Project. But before any of that, he's a dad. Everything he builds comes from a simple place: he cares deeply about the kids growing up in the age of AI, and he wants to help parents and educators give them a future full of possibility.

As a keynote speaker, Wylde helps parents, educators, and leaders understand how rapid technological change is reshaping childhood — and why a child's future will depend on how they think, not just what they know. His message is hopeful and practical: move beyond test-centric learning toward imagination, play, empathy, and critical thinking. Through his signature blue suit and top hat, he turns that mission into joyful, child-safe storytelling that protects and develops human creativity in an increasingly automated world.

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Wylde Scott in his signature blue coat and top hat, telling a story to a group of children — Wylde Scott, live with young dreamers.

A Storybook Origin

The legend of Wylde Scott

Wylde Scott was born on a mountain top, somewhere between the beginning of time and the clock's bell last night. His father was the stars and his mother the wind, they say he began with a mischievous grin.

He was raised by a band of gypsies who taught him to sing and laugh and play and dance and walk and skip on the palm of his hands.

He has lived and traveled all over the world, from Shanghai and Kalamazoo, to Bangkok and Timbuktu, and still has a house on the bright side of the moon.

He is a sultan and matador, and knight through and through — but mostly he loves telling stories to wide-eyed, big-dreaming, belly-giggling children like you.

Not Anti-Tech — Pro-Human

A hopeful message, not a fearful one

Wylde Scott isn't anti-technology or anti-AI — he's pro-human, pro-innovation, and pro-creativity. His work is about helping kids, and the adults who love them, build the one skill machines can't replicate: imagination. It's a hopeful, practical, future-focused message — not a fearful one.

The World Behind the Work

Welcome to the Wylde World

Every book, keynote, and video lives inside one connected universe — built to help kids and the adults who love them protect imagination in the age of AI.

For Children

Storybooks like Seaside, The Possible Police, and Rabbit With No Ears that plant the seeds of imagination, empathy, and courage early.

For Parents & Educators

Raising Dreamers and Wylde's keynotes give the adults raising and teaching kids a practical case — and a playbook — for building creative, resilient minds.