Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
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<b>Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique.</b><br><br><b>A #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestseller!<br><br>Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!<br></b><br>Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. <br><br>In <i>Just Ask</i>, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges--and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we're not sure why, all we have to do is <i>Just Ask</i>.<br><br><b>Praise for<i> Just Ask</i>:</b><br><br><b>*</b> "Addressing topics too often ignored, this picture book presents information in a direct and wonderfully child-friendly way." --<b><i>Booklist</i>, *STARRED REVIEW*</b><br><br>"An affirmative, delightfully diverse overview of disabilities." --<i><b>Kirkus Reviews</b></i><br><br>"A hopeful and sunny exploration of the many things that make us unique [with] dynamic and vibrant illustrations [that] emphasize each character’s unique abilities. . . . A thoughtful and empathetic story of inclusion." --<b><i>SLJ</i></b>
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