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The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off by Wilfrid Lupano, Illustrations by Mayana Itoiz and Paul Cauuet

5 out of 5🌟 Great family time Reading this title was absolute bliss! Both I and my almost-9-year-old were having a lot of fun it  The Wolf in Underpants Freezes His Buns Off . The whole book can be read in several minutes but I could spend hours just looking at the illustrations! Graphics in that book are stunning and full of humor and amount of details can you discover something new with each re-read. There’s another aspect to  The Wolf in Underpants…  that I adored, it’s not just an interesting history but an educational one. About sharing and our social responsibility to people who were less lucky in life and why we should help them. We need more great books like this one. Thank you Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Opinions and feelings are my own

The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones by Daven McQueen

5 out of 5 🌟W onderful and touching story Have you ever been forced to spend a whole Summer with your relatives in some faraway small town? That’s something that happened to Ethan Charlie Harper as a punishment for his misbehavior. Ethan was living in Arcadia, Washington and perspective of spending his whole Summer down in Ellison, Alabama sounded extremely boring for him. He would’ve been right if not the fact that Ethan was a mixed-race kid and it was the year 1955. It’s a beautiful and touching story about friendship, race, searching for your inner circle and a place where you belong. It’s impossible to finish  The invincible Summer..  without feeling wrath and resentment towards all the unlawful actions that have happened before and happens today against people of color. This story affected me in so many ways. It made me cry and laugh and — most importantly- made me think about all the privileges I was born with.  The Invincible Summer of Juniper Jones  is almost a

Billie Jean King by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

4.5 out of 5🌟 Great read to make kids familiar to the word  equity Little People, Big Dreams  is a series of short books for children about extraordinary people who change the way we’re looking at the world. It’s an enjoyable piece of non-fiction kids’ literature to savor along with your tiny humans. I love biographies of people who dared to be different, and these short books are becoming one of my favorites. I’m not an art-savvy person, so please forgive me to call this graphic style childish but I mean it in a good way only. Every page spontaneously puts a smile on my face because the illustrations remind me of all my favorite books from childhood I read with my mum. Billie Jean King  is significantly longer than  David Bowie’s  book I read before. Therefore it’s more appropriate for 1–2G readers or read-along with parents for younger ones (but honestly, I read it myself alone, no shame here!). I prefer it to be longer, hence more informative and compelling. Billie Jea