{"id":38550,"date":"2021-06-30T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38550"},"modified":"2021-06-30T22:00:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T02:00:49","slug":"review-of-julian-at-the-wedding-by-jessica-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=38550","title":{"rendered":"Review of Juli\u00e1n at the Wedding, by Jessica Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Juli\u00e1n at the Wedding<\/em><\/p>\n

by Jessica Love<\/p>\n

Candlewick Press, 2020. 36 pages.
\nReview written 10\/20\/2020 from a library book
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

It\u2019s another picture book about gender-nonconforming Juli\u00e1n, from the lovely book Juli\u00e1n Is a Mermaid<\/a><\/em>. What I love about both books is that this is a story about Juli\u00e1n and his vivid imagination. He happens to enjoy pretending in ways that don\u2019t strictly follow gender norms. That\u2019s who he is, and that\u2019s celebrated \u2013 but the point of the book is Juli\u00e1n and his imagination, not his gender-nonconforming.<\/p>\n

In this book, Juli\u00e1n and his abuela are going to a wedding, and Juli\u00e1n is in the wedding, dressed in a snazzy purple suit that isn\u2019t strictly masculine or feminine. Two women are joyfully getting married, and we\u2019re told, \u201cA wedding is a party for love.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the dinner after the ceremony, Juli\u00e1n makes friends with Marisol, the flower girl. They go to play in the \u201cfairy house\u201d made by the leaves of a weeping willow tree. When Marisol plays with a dog and gets her dress all dirty, Juli\u00e1n has a solution, and both kids get to pretend to be fairies.<\/p>\n

In both books, I love the way the adults appreciate Juli\u00e1n\u2019s and now Marisol\u2019s antics, rather than scolding. It\u2019s another celebration of the power of imagination.<\/p>\n

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