E213: Navigating Complicated Relationships: THE BLUE DRESS by Rebecca Morrison

On this episode of the KidLit Love podcast, I’m talking with Rebecca Morrison about her debut middle grade novel: THE BLUE DRESS.In this book, an Iranian American girl navigates complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend and her body image. This novel is both unflinching and uplifting and ideal for readers of all ages, especially those who need a reminder that they are enough just as they are.Come listen as we talk about the evolution the book made from an adult memoir to a middle grade novel, the complex relationships, especially between mothers and daughters, on the page and the layers of hope and personal growth that remind us that there’s always room to learn and change.Here is the book featured in this episode. You’ll find links to my Amazon and Bookshop affiliate stores below. Thanks for your bookish support!THE BLUE DRESS by Rebecca Morrison (Amazon / Bookshop)Here’s where you can find Rebecca online:Website: https://www.rebeccakmorrison.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccamorrisonwriter/I’d love to know what you think of this episode. Share your comments below!Book Birthdays and Other Book Reviews🎈🎁📖🎂📚🎉Here are the newly released books that have made their way to me along with other books that I have read and reviewed:🎉FAKE SKATING by Lynn Painter (Amazon / Bookshop)If I were to record another YA episode on the podcast, I’d chat about this one. It’s a fun romantic comedy about childhood sweethearts Dani and Alec who fake a relationship in their hockey-obsessed hometown to help each other out, which you might guess leads to catching feelings and maybe the uncovering of family secret.🎉LITTLE MONSTERS by Maire Roche (Amazon / Bookshop)This is a modern supernatural middle grade retelling of the beloved classic LITTLE WOMEN. The March sisters have a monstrous secret Meg will do anything to protect, especially with another beast lurking in the woods threatening to expose them. This is for all the LITTLE WOMEN fans out there!🎉OLIVIA GRAY WILL NOT FADE AWAY by Ciera Burch (Amazon / Bookshop)This is a middle-grade speculative novel about a middle schooler who feels invisible, literally and figuratively, as she navigates her asexual identity and the social pressures of seventh grade, including a viral moment after rejecting the most popular boy at school.🎉FROM THE FIELDS TO THE FIGHT by Angela Quezada Padron (Amazon / Bookshop)This is a a STUNNING picture book biography about Latina labor activist Jessica Govea Thorbourne, who started picking crops at age four and later joined Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in the United Farm Workers movement. It shows how one person can create change and that change lives in each of us. KidLit love is multiplied when it’s shared! 🩷Here are some free ways to support this newsletter and spread my love of chilren’’s literature far and wide:🩷 Like and comment on this post so we can connect!🔄 Restack and add your favorite nugget from the podcast.📷 Take a screenshot of your favorite part and text it to a kidlit friend.💌 Forward this email to a fellow kidlit colleague so they can join the book love too!⌨️ Refer a friend and earn prizes….including courses and coaching sessions with me!Thanks for reading the KidLit Love newsletter! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kidlitlove.substack.com