![]() His debut picture book Big Wig is out now, and his second picture book The Wishing Machine is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in Fall 2023. For Children’s Book Week, Ari and Jon will read and talk a little bit about writing for young people & what books do. You can purchase Big Wig at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Dotter’s Books, and at Books-A-Million. Meet Authors Ari Tison and Jonathan Hillman. Drag queens are the only people in the world who haven’t.” “To me, the ethos of drag is so similar to the experience of playing dress-up and donning this character so much bigger than you, and finding power in your imagination,” Hillman said in an interview with Rolling Stone. Though it has had a controversial time on the book market, Hillman still believes that it is important for children, and especially queer children, to have a book that promotes being confident in who you are. Jonathan is a graduate of Hamline Universitys Writing for Children and Young Adults (MFAC) Program, the author of BIG WIG (Simon & Schuster, 2022). and onto other kids' heads in order to instill confidence and inspire them to dream big.īig Wig has been featured by Rolling Stone, The Manhattan Book Review, Eau Claire’s WQOW-TV, and is on Pizza Hut’s “Book It” list. ![]() When the child puts on his wig – called Wig – he becomes B. Big Wig follows a child dressing in drag to compete in a neighborhood contest. ![]()
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