A cute, rhyming book for kids that adults will love too! The pictures are wonderful, and while this is a rather long book for a picture book, I enjoyed every moment of it.

Overall I liked this book. The illustrations are a crazy that is lovely and fresh. The story is way too long. 93 pages for a picture book. It is also too long for story time. The story rhymes but the cadence gets lost sometimes. I love the layout of the words, but sometimes changing the fonts and colors makes it hard to read or know what word goes where. The story has a message that many need to hear, but with its length and illustration type, I feel it will not find an easy home unless someone is specifically looking for this type of book.
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I loved this bright and colorful book that encourages young people to be their own fabulous selves,no matter who that self may be. Wouldn’t it be lovely if every person young and old were given this message?

I found this book really related to my era and the time it was back then. The name calling especially. Though I am not gay I do have friends that are. I found this book very inspirational to any young adult who is afraid to come out and it gives them the courage to do so. The colors of the illustrations are very pleasing as are the rhyming.

Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the ARC. OMG, this is an amazing rhyming book about a gay man who looks back at his younger self. Funny, poignant, gorgeous - written for children of all ages.

Frilly Phillie is a hard book for me to review, mostly because it's unclear what the target age group is. It's written like a children's book, but the terminology used was not child friendly. Words like "prude" are not in the vocabulary for a child.

I think this is much more appropriate for a teen, but then, would a teen want to read a picture book? The subject matter was great, very inspiring for everyone to read so they have a better idea of acceptance. Just wish it was either done in a much simpler manner for kids, or treated as an adult book in some way.

Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC for an honest opinion.

With bright eye catching illustrations, this humorously told tale uses rhymes and quips to help convey a message that not only is being gay okay, but being yourself is okay.

I want to thank Netgalley for the opportunity to read an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I appreciate what the author was trying to do with this book, and I see the need for it, I like to idea of the book too.
However I found the text confusing, and wasn't keen on how the text flowed. I also wasn't keen on the illustrations.

I voluntarily read and reviewed a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

A fantastically flamboyant fable about a boys self discovery. With bright eye catching illustrations, this humoursly told tale uses rhymes and quips to help convey a message that not only is gay ok, but being your true self is ok.
A great, feel good read for everyone, especially for those fabulously round kids that don't quite fit into society's 'square hole'.

This book about a confused boy finding his way to himself was... confusing? The illustrations were bright and colorful and the main character a child, but I wouldn’t say this is s children’s book because the language level was too high. I think the message is important, that labels aren’t for people and to just be yourself, but I think that the audience for the book is what needs to be clarified a bit. Perhaps for teens, but even they may not get the references made by the self-proclaimed “man of a certain age”?

Thank you NetGalley for an early copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.