The story is maybe a little thin, not much happens, but there are wonderful portraits of lively, interesting women in this book. Like drawing and painting on paper bags or cardboard, has a little of that diy feel. What stands out here is the question quality of the hand-drawn and brightly colored artwork from Jessica Love. And the illustrations are pretty.ĭave: 4 stars. The only picture book I have read so far that is actually for kids! It's colorful! (After having read 7 of the 20 books so far, this is our favorite so far). it's a sequel to a book we loved last year, Julian is a Mermaid. Julian at the Wedding is book #7 (of 20) of 2020. While Julián 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.Įach year my family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books. The story is minimalist-Julian and friend are the flower children at a female couple's wedding then go to play after-but perhaps the value is in normalizing those occasions.
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. 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 eye-catching. 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. A follow-up to the adventures of Julian discovering mermaids, this suffers in comparison.
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