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Big wig / written by Jonathan Hillman ; illustrated by Levi Hastings.
B.B. Bedazzle is dressed in drag for a neighborhood costume competition, and a key part of the costume is Wig--and while Wig is certainly not the biggest wig in the competition, she has the outsized confidence to fly from kid to kid, inspiring their dreams.
Record details
- ISBN: 1534487719
- ISBN: 9781534487710
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Paula Wiseman Book." |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 4-8. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 21.99 |
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| Subject: | Wigs > Juvenile fiction. Cross-dressing > Juvenile fiction. Costume > Competitions > Juvenile fiction. Self-confidence > Juvenile fiction. Self-esteem > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Stories in rhyme. |
- Baker & Taylor
B.B. Bedazzle is dressed in drag for a neighborhood costume competition, and a key part of the costume is Wig--and while Wig is certainly not the biggest wig in the competition, she has the outsized confidence to fly from kid to kid, inspiring their dreams. - Baker & Taylor
Feeling inadequate compared to the other, bigger wigs during the neighborhood costume competition, Wig flies off of B. B. Bedazzleâs head and goes from kid to kid, instilling confidence and inspiring dreams in those who wear her. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations. - Simon and Schuster
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. Bedazzleâs 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.âs 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 wishesâ¦
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.
