Big Wig Hardcover – Picture Book, February 15, 2022 by Jonathan Hillman

Description

Author: Hillman Jonathan

Format: Picture Book

Package Dimensions: 3x279x788

Number Of Pages: 32

Release Date: 15-02-2022

Details: Product Description
In the spirit of Julián Is a Mermaid, this irrepressible picture book celebrates drag kids, individuality, and self-confidence from the perspective of a fabulous wig!

When a child dresses in drag to compete in a neighborhood costume competition, he becomes B. B. Bedazzle! A key part of B.B. Bedazzle’s ensemble is a wig called Wig. Together they are an unstoppable drag queen team! But Wig feels inadequate compared to the other, bigger wigs. When Wig flies off B. B.’s head, she goes from kid to kid instilling confidence and inspiring dreams in those who wear her:

Wig remembers what wigs can do.

Wig brushes the world,

bolder,

brighter

hues.

Wig hears whispered wishes…

and turns them into

something true.

The bigger their dreams,

the bigger Wig seems.

This wonderful read aloud celebrates the universal childhood experience of dressing up and the confidence that comes with putting on a costume. And it goes further than that, acknowledging that sometimes dressing differently from what might be expected is how we become our truest and best selves.
About the Author
Jonathan Hillman is a graduate of Hamline University’s Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) program, where he received the Walden Pond Press Scholarship for Excellence in Middle Grade Fiction. His essay and poems are featured in the
Fat & Queer anthology.
Big Wig marks his picture book debut. He lives near Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his two cats. Visit him at JHillmanBooks.com.

Levi Hastings is the illustrator of
Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg by Rob Sanders and
The Spirit of Springer by Amanda Abler, about which
The New York Times raved, “This beautiful book tells a suspenseful, heartrending true story.” Levi lives in Seattle with his husband. Learn more at LeviHastings.com.