The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish
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Annotation: Playing off "The Wheels on the Bus," this nursery rhyme book from a founder of Drag Story Hour is a fun, freewheeling ce... more
Genre: [Humorous fiction]
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #218573
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
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Publisher: Running Press
Copyright Date: 2020
Edition Date: 2020 Release Date: 05/05/20
Illustrator: Dios, Olga de,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-7624-6765-7 Perma-Bound: 0-7804-8283-2
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-7624-6765-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-7804-8283-8
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2019937979
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews

This book's gonna werk, werk, werk all through Pride Month and beyond.Drag persona Lil Miss Hot Mess rewrites "The Wheels on the Bus" to create a fun, movement-filled, family-friendly celebration of drag. The text opens with the titular verse to establish the familiar song's formulaic pattern: "The hips on the drag queen go SWISH, SWISH, SWISH… / ALL THROUGH THE TOWN!" Along the way, more and more drag queens join in the celebration. The unnamed queens proudly display a range of skin tones, sizes, and body modifications to create a diverse cast of realistic characters that could easily be spotted at a Pride event or on RuPaul's Drag Race. The palette of both costumes and backgrounds is appropriately psychedelic, and there are plenty of jewels going "BLING, BLING, BLING." Don't tell the queens, but the flow is the book's real star, because it encourages natural kinetic participation that will have groups of young readers giggling and miming along with the story. Libraries and bookshops hosting drag-queen storytimes will find this a popular choice, and those celebrating LGBTQ heritage will also find this a useful book for the pre-K crowd. Curious children unfamiliar with a drag queen may require a brief explanation, but the spectacle stands up just fine on its own platforms.Fun, fun, fun all through the town! (Picture book. 4-6)

Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

This book's gonna werk, werk, werk all through Pride Month and beyond.Drag persona Lil Miss Hot Mess rewrites "The Wheels on the Bus" to create a fun, movement-filled, family-friendly celebration of drag. The text opens with the titular verse to establish the familiar song's formulaic pattern: "The hips on the drag queen go SWISH, SWISH, SWISH… / ALL THROUGH THE TOWN!" Along the way, more and more drag queens join in the celebration. The unnamed queens proudly display a range of skin tones, sizes, and body modifications to create a diverse cast of realistic characters that could easily be spotted at a Pride event or on RuPaul's Drag Race. The palette of both costumes and backgrounds is appropriately psychedelic, and there are plenty of jewels going "BLING, BLING, BLING." Don't tell the queens, but the flow is the book's real star, because it encourages natural kinetic participation that will have groups of young readers giggling and miming along with the story. Libraries and bookshops hosting drag-queen storytimes will find this a popular choice, and those celebrating LGBTQ heritage will also find this a useful book for the pre-K crowd. Curious children unfamiliar with a drag queen may require a brief explanation, but the spectacle stands up just fine on its own platforms.Fun, fun, fun all through the town! (Picture book. 4-6)

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Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)
Reading Level: 2.0
Interest Level: P-2

Playing off "The Wheels on the Bus," this nursery rhyme book from a founder of Drag Story Hour is a fun, freewheeling celebration of being your most fabulous self.
 
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish encourages readers to boldly be exactly who they are. Written by a founding member of the nationally recognized Drag Story Hour (DSH), this playful picture book offers a quirky twist on a classic nursery rhyme by illustrating all of the ways to "work it". The story plays off "The Wheels on the Bus" as it follows a drag queen who performs her routine in front of an awestruck audience. A fun frenzy of fierceness, this book will appeal to readers of all ages.


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