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Dr. Catherine Butler

What happened to the Spanish?

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2019

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It's a 4-star book for me book, but this edition loses another star because it has stripped out the Hispanic elements of the original. Julián is now Julian, his abuela is his Nana, and 'mijo' has turned into 'honey'. For a book that celebrates diversity, this erasure of Hispanic culture and language is pretty disappointing!

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Ally C

Beautiful illustrations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 11, 2020

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Beautifully illustrated but it's not really a story, just a minimal amount of dialogue. My little ones didn't understand or enjoy it all, I had to tell them the story while they looked at the pictures instead. Liked the concept but wasn't for us.

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Miss Karen Scullion

expected more

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 4, 2020

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The book has a lovely message and beautifully illustrated. I wouldnt recommend it for bedtime story, just too short for my 6 year old and deffo wont be a book we'd reach for time and time again. Disappointed after reading all the lovely reviews.

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Kristan Battistoni

Ehhhh touchy subject

Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2019

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Not a whole lot of words, more pictures. Not sure how I feel about a cross dressing little boy :/

16 people found this helpful

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Cute story, but book appeared used

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2019

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The story is cute, but the book itself seemed likely used but may have just been poorly cared for while in storage before sale. It’s a gift for my son, so I wouldn’t bother returning, but if this was a gift for someone outside of my family I would have been embarrassed at the concept of giving what looks like a used item.

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Kristy Behan

Beautiful pictures and great story but...

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2020

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There are too many pages that are just pictures with no words. And when you're reading a book like that outloud to a three-year-old, it's just awkward. And there's like 4 or 5 spreads with no words. There's plenty of opportunity to explain more and tell more of the story rather than just images (though the artwork and images are just beautiful!).

Kelsey

Pretty pictures

Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2020

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This is a nice book with pretty pictures and a good message that boys can be mermaids if they'd like to. It's not great for a toddler age 20 months because it's more of a picture book (where he can rip the pages) without much dialogue to intrigue him. Right now he's not too interestedested in it but maybe in the future he'll like it more.

amnesiamoose

Nice message but limited words

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2021

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Gorgeous artwork, and I get that the message is good as far as abuela’s acceptance of Julián being true to himself, but there are almost no words. I was looking for an actual story to read to my son.

Rebecca

Beautiful but lacking in content.

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2020

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Beautiful book. Exceptional art. Though my kuds aged 3-7 found the story rather lacking. I felt like there were a lot of sultilties that they did not get. Its beautiful.

peace reader

Nice art

Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2018

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Nice art. Hard for bright and interested kids I’ve shared it with to connect to the social commentary.

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