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RuPaul

by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
Wednesday Holmes
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In this book from the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy best-selling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of RuPaul, the shape-shifter, performer, supermodel, and host of RuPaul's Drag Race.
Even before little Ru was born, a fortune teller told his mum that he would one day be famous... It was only a matter of time before he figured out how. Playing dress-up was his favourite game, and that's where he felt most comfortable. Ru went on to study performing arts and then moved to New York to mix things up in a punk band.
Later, drag was a way to express himself as an artist. He found success for himself, then wanted to help others find theirs. He inspires us to do what feels right and love ourselves.
This witty and wise book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the inspiring performer's life. Cloth quarter binding makes this book a stylish and attractive gift for all children who love to dream.
Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardcover and paperback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.

Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS!

  • Creators

  • Series

    Little People, BIG DREAMS

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 25, 2021

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780711254879
    Kindle restrictions

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 3, 2021
      This uneven picture book biography of “LGBTQ+ icon” RuPaul Charles follows the famous Black drag queen from his childhood in San Diego, playing dress-up in his mother and three sisters’ clothes, through his move to Atlanta to study performing arts, to becoming one of “the most fabulous drag queens in the Lower East Side” by the time he was 21. Vegara’s prose relies heavily on summary instead of particularities, and sentences are sometimes overly conceptual (“He mixed a spoonful of everything he loved and admired, and put his heart into becoming the woman of his dreams”). Holmes’s brightly colored digital illustrations, meanwhile, evoke children’s art, with wildly disproportionate bodies and haphazard features that don’t align with the subject’s aesthetic precision. Still, this linear exploration of RuPaul’s life may inspire young readers to seek out further resources. Back matter includes a timeline and additional biographical information. Ages 4–7.

    • Booklist

      June 1, 2021
      Preschool-Grade 2 Before he was born in San Diego in 1960, RuPaul's mother was told by a fortune teller that her child would grow up to be famous. And so he did. This sunny addition to the Little People, Big Dreams biography series shows how he got there, starting with his childhood as a born performer, who liked to play dress up in his sisters' clothes. After studying performing arts in Atlanta and discovering drag, he moved on to New York, where he and his friend Lady Bunny became the most fabulous drag queens on the Lower East Side. From there he grew increasingly famous as a performer, and now that he has his own TV show, RuPaul's Drag Race, he has become a household name. If there is a lesson to be derived from this resolutely inspirational book, it's to be yourself, with the book asserting that "We are born to stand out." Holmes' childlike Illustrations nicely capture the innocent, upbeat spirit of this celebration of self and lift up an LGBTQ+ icon.

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