{"id":3080,"date":"2021-08-20T19:20:59","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T02:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/?p=3080"},"modified":"2021-11-02T07:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T14:09:57","slug":"3080-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/3080-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Pride Puppy by Robin Stevenson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stevenson, Robin. Pride Puppy<\/em>. Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin. Orca Book Publishers. 2021. $19.95. 32p. HC. 9781459824843.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Between being A<\/strong>wake and catching some Z<\/strong>zz?s, a queer family experiences the Pride Parade through the letters of the alphabet and one naughty dog.\"Book<\/p>\n

Most alphabet books don?t have much in the way of a plot, but in Pride Pup<\/em>py<\/em> the alphabet serves as a creative constraint for a story about a dog who gets lost at the Pride Parade. The family overheats in the sun, makes new friends, and enlists the help of a drag queen as the parade proceeds with motorbikes, school <\/span>buses, and a colorful float. The author and the illustrator clearly know their Pride celebrations inside and out?there?s even a couple getting engaged on the float. Typical! Its only departure from reality is that there are no cops or corporations at this parade?just 2SLGBTQIA+ community members of all stripes. It?s truly a relief to read a fun kids? book about Pride that doesn?t feel like it?s been through a sieve of corporate sanitization.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to the exciting story and inclusive illustrations, the book is also a brilliant seek and find for kids looking for other words that start with each letter of the alphabet. In the text, G is for Grandma, who they meet at the parade, but kids who like a challenge will point out the goose, the grasshopper, and the guitar. They might even learn a new word: gazebo. This is a book kids will love to pore over as they show off their sweet alphabet skills. They?ll enjoy that it reflects their reality, too!<\/p>\n

A real ham could make Pride Puppy<\/em> a blast at storytime, but families will get the most from this one by taking it home and spending time reading it together.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by Ashley Dunne<\/p>\n

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Stevenson, Robin. Pride Puppy. Illustrated by Julie McLaughlin. Orca Book Publishers. 2021. $19.95. 32p. HC. 9781459824843.   Between being Awake and catching some Zzz?s, a queer family experiences the Pride Parade through the letters of the alphabet and one naughty dog. Most alphabet books don?t have much in the way of a plot, but in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1211,"featured_media":3082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}