A review by nathanbartos17
The Boy Who Cried Fabulous by Lesléa Newman, Peter Ferguson

3.0

I only read this because it was listed as an LGBT children's book, but it did not really turn out to be one. The boy uses the word "fabulous" until his parents ban the word so he'll get to school on time (it sort of makes more sense with context). Instead, he decides to diversify his vocabulary with words like "marvelous" and "beautiful". A cute, rhyming story, but unfortunately, not queer, which I obviously am not docking it for, as it is not its fault. (However, goodreads does have it shelved as an LGBT book, and I get where it's an allegory, but it's not a strong enough one for me to shelve it as LGBT. This level of subtext is not representation.)