Pick Up Julián At The Wedding (Julián, #2) Illustrated By Jessica Love Displayed As EPub
the illustrations the story is just kind of meh Just the most lovely book,
Read with my family and still just swept away, Adore this book so much, so queer so loving. Transports me to a place I want to be, And the fashion and details remain FLY as hell,
stars, Love love love!
Im sure there will be comments about the sparse story but this told a story for me, just not reliant on words.
It sucks you in and can transport you back to childhood and is a small sweet loving visual memory adventure, .
So many details and choices visually that made this stunning brown pages as default, character outfit details, . , pure, and celebratory. Queer joyful black joyful. Joyful! The rep and thoughtfulness made me tear up this is what I want for books for our kiddos today, Annual Goodreads Choice Awards reading project: Read all the Picture Book nominees!of
I didn't realize until I'd finished that this book was a sequel to one I had not read.
Maybe that was why I had no idea who all these people were or how they related to each other beyond Julian having a grandmother.
There was a gay wedding and children who were gender nonconforming, which was all very nice, but the story seemed like a barely there, mostly wordless vignette.
The art was mostly fine but the characters's bodies were weirdly disproportional, evoking troll dolls in my mind, Thank you to Edelweiss Plus for the ARC,
As usual, absolutely stunning visuals, You could spend hours looking at all the beautiful details, I found the story this time to be a bit light and not as compelling, I think part of that is high expectations on my part and the fact that we already know that Abuela will not be angry.
The art really does steal the show but that will be a great segue for readers to imagine their own conversations and happenings at the wedding.
I loved sitelinkJulián Is a Mermaid and this picture book while lovely, is not quite as good, I really like the illustration style, and the diversity on the page, The wordless sections are joyful, and just when you expect things to go wrong, kindness and gentleness take center stage, This is a wonderful picture book for all ages, I received this book as a giveaway, It is absolutely stunning! The graphics are beautiful and enchanting, She captured the essence of a magical wedding in a visceral way, My favorite quote is “A wedding is a party for love, ” We need more books like this that represent diverse families and reinforce that love is love, Gorgeous!!! Gorgeous followup to Jessica's first book about Julian, Julian is a Mermaid, This time Julian goes to a wedding, finds a friend, and discovers magic in nature, Sweet, simple story with stunning illustrations, This one's all that and more,
Jessica Love truly has an amazing gift! Her art jumps off the page and feels like it's giving you the most loving of hugs.
She is a masterful storyteller that normalizes gender nonconformity and queer weddings, Not to mention she really should be designing clothes since I want to own every outfit in this book, Book ed on sitelinkwww. whisperingstories. com
Julian is back in the second book in his series, the first Julian is a Mermaid I reviewed in Juneand was about Julian realising how bright and colourful womens outfits were and wanting to dress up in a billowing outfit that made him look like a mermaid.
In this story, Julian and his friend Marisol are off to a wedding with their grandparents, After the ceremony, the friends rush off to play, together with the brides dog, It isnt long though before Marisol is covered in dirty all over her pretty peach dress, so Julian offers his shirt for her to wear as a dress.
As with the first book the text is very minimal, just a few words on each doublepage, The artwork is lovely and has a pastel look to it, I think the illustrations tell more of the story than the words.
The outfits that the characters wear are truly amazing, I especially love Julians shorts suit in lilac, I also love how the story shows two women getting married, this isnt something you normally see in childrens picture books.
Making children understand from a young age that everyone is free to love whoever they like regardless of gender will hopefully make them more accepting as they grow.
Overall, the book is a quick, beautiful read, I still prefer the first book but I did enjoy this one too, Julian is attending a wedding with his Abuela, He makes a new friend Marisol,
Fun and mischief ensue,
Jessica Love brings back Julian in a new colorful and fun way! I really liked the first book and I adore Love's illustrations, but.
. . you need a story, too, you know تصویرگری!!!!! خداااااا
وقتی لباس دختره کثیف میشه جولین ltltltThis was a joyful follow up to Julián Is a Mermaid.
Set against the backdrop of a queer wedding WLW, Julián and Marisol walk down the aisle and then go off adventuring together, using their imaginations to take flight.
Everything I loved from the illustrations in the first book is present in this one, see my review here: sitelink goodreads. com/review/show
Always here for books that show queer people as ordinary, We do all the same things cis and straight people do, we deserve books where we exists but it isn't about our identity.
A followup to the adventures of Julian discovering mermaids, this suffers in comparison,
I continue to love Love's artistic sensibilities, but almost none of the pictures felt as vibrant or as unusual as in the the mermaid story where there were a variety of people, dresses and fantasies.
I also remain somewhat confused by the choice of background page color, as it seems a little too dark to let Love's color choices pop into something really eyecatching.
Perhaps she was thinking of white wedding and contrast, but blues and greens have trouble standing out, a problem when some of the scenes are beneath a weeping willow.
The story is minimalistJulian and friend are the flower children at a female couple's wedding then go to play afterbut perhaps the value is in normalizing those occasions.
While sitelinkJulián Is a Mermaid a great drag queen band name, btw was a fun book that I added to my own library, this is one didn't spur the same atavistic desire I felt reading the first, either beauty or story.
Do I love this more than the first Julian book I don't know anything except that it is a tight race! Adore this new one with all my heart.
Each year my family reads all the Goodreadsawardnominated picture books, Julian at the Wedding is bookofof, it's a sequel to a book we loved last year, Julian is a Mermaid, After having readof thebooks so far, this is our favorite so far,
Hank:stars. Too short but otherwise good,
Harry:stars. The only picture book I have read so far that is actually for kids! It's colorful!
Tara:stars, This was sweet. And the illustrations are pretty,
Dave:stars. What stands out here is the question quality of the handdrawn and brightly colored artwork from Jessica Love, Like drawing and painting on paper bags or cardboard, has a little of that diy feel, The story is maybe a little thin, not much happens, but there are wonderful portraits of lively, interesting women in this book.
I like the friendship between Julian and Marisol and their going off to have their own joyful celebration where they, in a moment of magical realism, sprout wings.
I like all the wordless, joyful pages, too, Julián and his grandmother go to a wedding, and he plays with another little kid there, It's a lovely little story with very few words but gorgeous, gorgeous art, The way she draws lace! The colors! The personality and movement! I enjoyed the first Julian book, but this one is another level! The art is exquisite and the message is on point once again.
So glad we have these available for our library users, The star of Julián Is a Mermaid makes a joyful returnand finds a new friendat a wedding to be remembered.
Julián and his abuela are attending a wedding, Better yet, Julián is in the wedding along with his cousin Marisol, When wedding duties are fulfilled and with a new dog friend in tow, the pair takes off to roam the venue, exploring everywhere from underneath tables to enchanting willow trees to.
. . muddy puddles After all, it wouldn't be a wedding without fun, laughter, and a little magical mischief, With ingenuity and heart, authorillustrator Jessica Love tells a charming story of friendship, acceptance, and celebration, Genderdefying excellence. Queer perfection. This book is pure joy, What a fantastic, diverse, gendernonconforming picture book!! ltMermaidloving Julián and his grandmother return in this followup to their initial adventure, chronicled in author/illustrator Jessica Love's debut picturebook, sitelinkJulián Is a Mermaid.
This time they are attending a wedding, one in which Julián will be the ringbearer, and his new friend Marisol the flower girl.
After performing their duty to the two brides, the children sneak away from the wedding dinner to play, having
a wonderful game of makebelieve, after Marisol dirties her dress.
But will their abuelas understand, when they come to get them, . .
Much as with the first book, I found the artwork in Julián at the Wedding absolutely stunning! Once again, the pages are a brown, sepia tone, boasting vibrantly colorful watercolor, gouache and ink illustrations that really jump out at the reader.
I love everything about this artwork, from the pages themselves to the color palette used, to the delightfully expressive human figures throughout, and the somewhat quirky and individual styles of the two abuelas.
The story is sweet, featuring a samesex wedding, a closeknit family and community group, and two children who are allowed to play and explore.
I didn't find this one quite as engaging as the first, probably because it lacked the suspense would abuela accept Julián for who he is but it was still engaging, and the artwork just as breathtaking.
If half were available, I would give this a,, since I didn't find it quite the equal of the first, but given my love for the artwork, I've bumped it up to four.
Recommended to anyone who read and enjoyed the first picturebook about Julián, .