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You Need to Chill | Juno Dawson

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The sparklingly funny debut picture book from Juno Dawson, bestselling writer and activist. Sometimes people say to me: 'What happened to your brother, Bill?' That's when I look them in the eye and say: 'Hun, you need to chill.' When Bill can't be found at school one day, the imaginations of the other children run wild. Is he on holiday? Is he lost in the park? Has he been eaten by a shark?! It's up to Bill's sister to explain... Juno Dawson' debut picture book is a witty and fun-filled rhyming story about family, identity and allyship. Bold, joyful and warm-hearted, its message of love and inclusivity shines through on every page. Juno Dawson is the internationally bestselling author of Young Adult novels and non-fiction, including Clean and This Book Is Gay, as well as a novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and a columnist for Attitude magazine. Her work has appeared in Glamour, Dazed, Grazia and the Guardian, and she was chosen by Val McDermid as 'one of the ten most compelling LGBTQ+ writers working in the UK today'.

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You Need to Chill | Juno Dawson

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⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐This book is amazing. The rhymes are a little harsh at times, but the message is entirely what this book is about. We start with a child going to school and all of her classmates are asking what happened to her brother Bill? Where did Bill go? The classmates have some wild Bill scenarios that include spaceships, baseball, etc. Going into this book blind, I was very happy to find out it wasn‘t something sad.

LibrarianRyan Instead. we find out that Bill is now Lily, and anybody who has a problem with it just needs to chill. I loved it. This is so well done, so right to the point. Tt makes what can at times be a tough subject fun. It also states all the ways that Lily is still the exact same person. Lily is Lily with a new name. I loved absolutely everything about this, and it should be a staple in every public and school library! 2y

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You Need to Chill | Juno Dawson

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Juno Dawson‘s lgbtq+ picture book is a good way of introducing young readers to children with trans identities with the narrator‘s pragmatism contrasting with the increasingly hysterical worries of her classmates. However, while Laura Hughes‘s illustrations are great - bright, colourful, energetic and packed with character - I found Dawson‘s rhymes to be strained at times and the need to chill refrain sounds increasingly precocious.

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