Lesléa Newman: The Boy Who Cried Fabulous

USA 2007, 32 S., Bilderbuch mit englischem Text, Broschur, € 9.99
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Roger, a quirky, enthusiastic boy, is fascinated by the world around him. On the way to school, the clothes in a shop window catch his eye and he stops to exclaim over everything in the »fabulous« store. When he arrives late, his teacher yells at him, admonishing him to go straight home at the end of the day. Roger tries ... Weiterlesen

Graeme Aitken: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous

AUS 2006, 241 pp., brochure, € 14.79
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Sweet, fat, theatrical Billy-Boy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as his father's only son he's obliged to try. The cows are wayward and the chores are gruelling. But Billy finds escape in a fantasy world where the turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape, a lavender bed jacket a slinky space suit, a cow's tail a head ... Weiterlesen

Shyam Selvadurai: Funny Boy

UK 2020, 316 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Vintage
Set in the mannered, lush world of upper middle class Tamils in Sri Lanka, this deeply moving first novel, though not autobiographical, draws on Selvadurai's experience of being gay in Sri Lanka and growing up during the escalating violence between the Buddhist Sinhala majority and Hindu Tamil minority in the 1970s and early 1980s. Arjie Chelvaratnam, at the age of ... Weiterlesen

Tomie dePaola: Oliver Button Is a Sissy

USA 1979, 48 S., Bilderbuch mit englischem Text, Broschur, € 7.99
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This is an excellent book that confronts gender stereotypes and the importance of accepting people for who they are. Oliver Button does not engage in the traditional activities that boys do, and thus, he is faced with repercussions and consequences (based on how others feel Oliver should behave/act). I teach fourth grade and - though a picture book - it ... Weiterlesen