![]() ![]() Their 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. Review Source: De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children ![]() Reading Level: Early Childhood, Grades 1-2 Jiménez saw something that I hadn’t seen. That, to me, was what empowerment looked like.īut Dr. As the story progresses, Julián comes out to his abuela, becoming more and more secure in himself and how he “fits” into his community. This was apparent to me in the first few pages in which Julián looks questioningly at a picture book of mermaids that his abuela had given him. ![]() What I felt then was the power and love that Julián’s abuela felt in encouraging her young grandson to grow into his authentic self. Had I known then - when I read and loved and wrote about Julián Is a Mermaid - what I know now, I would not have published the review as I wrote it. ![]()
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