Miss Rita, Mystery Reader
by Sam Donovan (Author) Violet Tobacco (Illustrator)
In Sam Donovan, Kristen Wixted & Violet Tobacco's heartwarming picture book Miss Rita, Mystery Reader, Tori can't wait to show off Daddy's drag queen alter ego, Miss Rita, at school story time. But will the other kids love Miss Rita like Tori does?
Daddy is the Mystery Reader at Tori's school today, and he's coming dressed as Miss Rita! Tori helps Daddy gloss, glitter, glamour, and glimmer to get ready. It takes time--because sparkle is serious business! Tori loves helping Daddy become Miss Rita. But will the other kids at school love Miss Rita like Tori does? Luckily, a last-minute idea helps Daddy and Tori find a way to make story time sparkle for everyone. This heartwarming and relatable family story celebrates drag queens, reading, and self-acceptance, teaching every kid to let their sparkle shine! And it includes back matter providing an overview of drag performance.
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Sam Donovan is a fashion designer and writer. You may have seen him as a contestant on Project Runway: Under the Gunn and Project Runway All Stars. As such, when Sam isn't writing stories about drag queens getting dressed, he's usually helping dress them up in his own creations. Sam lives in Massachusetts, where he can most likely be found teaching, cat-sitting, or making something sparkly--all with an iced coffee in hand.
Kristen Wixted writes picture books and middle grade novels. She's the coeditor and general force behind the illustrated children's poetry anthologies published by The Writers' Loft, including Friends and Anemones: Ocean Poems for Children. She lives in Massachusetts with her family and is an experienced Mystery Reader who adores sparkly jewelry. Violet Tobacco illustrates in her small apartment in the heart of Atlanta. Having a background in theater, she has translated her adoration for storytelling into illustration. Violet has the great fortune to work with other creative individuals and draw wild and whimsical worlds that help us better understand who we are. In addition to Miss Rita, Mystery Reader, she has also illustrated Gayle E. Pitman's My Maddy. The ocean and her orange cat are her best friends.JUV013060 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
JUV060000 - Juvenile Fiction | LGBT
Parent and child
Gender nonconformity
Gender-nonconforming people
Gender-nonconforming children
Drag queens
