When You're a Boy

Blake Nuto

Book cover for When You're a Boy
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Book cover for When You're a Boy
Image for variant 9781631639876

When You're a Boy

When You're a Boy

Blake Nuto

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Description

When you're a boy,
you're told how to be
like the white-roaring oceans.
But I've learned
the fierceness of flowers,
the glory of color,
and the beauty of dreaming.

Wander through forests, cross rivers, and climb mountains in this powerful and moving exploration of what it means to be a boy.

Critical Reviews

"The beautiful illustrations combine rough brush strokes and cute, simplistic faces with expertly captured light, color, and emotions. . . . An affirming inoculation against toxic masculinity." --Kirkus Reviews

"Nuto's lyrical text resounds with gripping imagery and metaphor effectively matched by loose, energetic illustrations of the salt spray on ocean rocks and the crackling sparks of a campfire." --School Library Journal

Publishing Information

Publisher: Jolly Fish Press
Pub date: 2025-11-18
Length: 32 pages

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