6/24/2023 0 Comments Julian was a mermaidTheir hair billows in brilliant hues, their dresses end in fishtails, and their joy fills the train car. While riding the subway home from the pool with his abuela one day, Julián notices three women spectacularly dressed up. In an exuberant picture book, a glimpse of costumed mermaids leaves one boy flooded with wonder and ready to dazzle the world. Luckily, his abuela knows she is watching him fall in love with himself and with the world that holds so so many possibilities and dreams for him.Ī beautiful book about creating our own sense of self, our own pathway and celebrating the wonder in this gift we call life. As the subway rides on toward home, his mind carries him off imagining his own amazing transformation.Īt home with his abuela Julián finds exactly what he needs to become a mermaid, to become himself in a new way. Julián is in that gorgeous space when he sees three women dressed as mermaids on his way home from the local pool. Before the world can tell you who you should be and before the world has a chance to convince you that you aren't made of the right stuff, there is a delicious, delightful time of freedom when you let yourself flow out and you are fully alive.
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