Olga de Dios

This book’s gonna werk, werk, werk all through Pride Month and beyond.

Drag persona Lil Miss Hot Mess rewrites “The Wheels on the Bus” to create a fun, movement-filled, family-friendly celebration of drag. The text opens with the titular verse to establish the familiar song’s formulaic pattern: “The hips on the drag queen go SWISH, SWISH, SWISH… / ALL THROUGH THE TOWN!” Along the way, more and more drag queens join in the celebration. The unnamed queens proudly display a range of skin tones, sizes, and body modifications to create a diverse cast of realistic characters that could easily be spotted at a Pride event or on RuPaul’s Drag Race. The palette of both costumes and backgrounds is appropriately psychedelic, and there are plenty of jewels going “BLING, BLING, BLING.” Don’t tell the queens, but the flow is the book’s real star, because it encourages natural kinetic participation that will have groups of young readers giggling and miming along with the story. Libraries and bookshops hosting drag-queen storytimes will find this a popular choice, and those celebrating LGBTQ+ heritage will also find this a useful book for the pre-K crowd. Curious children unfamiliar with a drag queen may require a brief explanation, but the spectacle stands up just fine on its own platforms.

Fun, fun, fun all through the town! (Picture book. 4-6)
(Kirkus Review)… (meer)

¿Quién soy? Atreverse a descubrir la respuesta nos lleva a lugares maravillosos.
Bicho Pelota nos habla del libre desarrollo de nuestra identidad.

Diez años después de la publicación de Monstruo Rosa llega Bicho Pelota, el último y más esperado álbum de la colección Monstruo Rosa. Un libro para disfrutar de la riqueza visual de las ilustraciones de Olga de Dios. Un cuento con el que conocer una infinidad de insectos… Una divertida y sencilla historia que te tocará el corazón.

La historia de Bicho Pelota, que decidió quién era y cómo quería ser nombrado.… (meer)