laura_howard's review against another edition
4.0
A part of history I was never taught in school (or otherwise) and it looks like the popular Who? What? Where? series wants to remedy that. My third grade students LOVE these books (and the Netflix show) and I was pleasantly surprised to see this one. Informative and engaging. I am now officially a fan of the series.
megsreads32's review against another edition
2.0
I think in general this series does a poor job with serious events.
This book was all over the place and tried to add in lots of other info other than Stonewall making it some what confusing. There was also the inclusion of stuff I didn't think was appropriate for the age group like conversion therapy and Mathew Shepard's murder. Also these topics were glossed over making them seem less serious.
The middle was really well done and I love that maps were included, it made the Stonewall Riots much easier to understand. But I still wouldn't recommend this book.
This book was all over the place and tried to add in lots of other info other than Stonewall making it some what confusing. There was also the inclusion of stuff I didn't think was appropriate for the age group like conversion therapy and Mathew Shepard's murder. Also these topics were glossed over making them seem less serious.
The middle was really well done and I love that maps were included, it made the Stonewall Riots much easier to understand. But I still wouldn't recommend this book.
teenytinylibrary's review against another edition
3.0
Very informative. I know a lot more about Stonewall and how the gay rights movement really started. Children's nonfiction books are the best.
jessica13zapata's review against another edition
5.0
Read this with my 9 year old. Great introduction to LGBTQ+ movement and history. Would love to read more about the people mentioned in this book.
diana_reads_and_reads's review against another edition
5.0
This has been on my shelf forever because my daughter got it out of the library and I wanted to read it too. LGBTQ+ history is something I know very little about. I didn’t even know what Stonewall was when I read this, which surprised my mom when I told her! I was glad to learn more and found this book straightforward and informative. I could have lived without calling Ellen Degeneres beloved since the allegations about her toxic work environment came out. Reading this made me even more frustrated at certain groups today who are quick to consider themselves oppressed or marginalized or even compare themselves to actual genocide victims. Learning more of the history that some states are trying to ban could possibly help people to see what real discrimination is.
milesofbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Good primer for Stonewall and LGBTQ+ history in the US. A little disappointed on the amount of information about Marsha P. Johnson, but pleasantly surprised at the inclusion of Sylvia Rivera, who is often left out of the discussion. Despite the fantastic inclusion of definitions at the beginning of the book, there was a heavy and continuous lumping in of the bisexual and pansexual communities with the blanket use of "gay", and the use of the term "drag queen" overwhelmingly overrides the transgender people that were on the front lines.
Definitely good for the age range, and hopefully can be useful in sparking other conversations about a more detailed discussion.
Definitely good for the age range, and hopefully can be useful in sparking other conversations about a more detailed discussion.
jbrooxd's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. Three chapters on the riots with some context building before that. The rest was about the impact of the riots and the fight for equality since then for the LGBTQ+ community and other community issues such as the AIDS crisis. As an introduction to the civil rights movement for the gay community, this is a decent resource. I was expecting more on Stonewall specifically. This book focuses on a broad survey of information instead of going deep into any one area. If kids are looking for an introduction to gay rights issues, this is a fine place to start, but if they are really interested in the topic, or if they have already been doing research, they will want to go to more in depth materials.