Just Like Me

Name: Just Like Me
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9780593568798
Price: 17.99 NZD
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By Vanessa Brantley-Newton

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Summary

Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a vibrant and engaging children's book that shares a series of poems. It explores the unique experiences and emotions of a diverse group of girls, promoting themes of self-acceptance, identity, and empowerment in a joyful and uplifting manner. The book celebrates individuality and encourages young readers to embrace their uniqueness.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this heartwarming children's book if you appreciate stories that celebrate diversity, self-love, and individuality through vibrant illustrations and poetic narratives. It's perfect for young readers looking to see themselves in joyful and relatable characters while discovering the beauty of being unique.

Just Like Me

A beautiful collection of poems about and for girls of all kinds: girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don't; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mother and girls who wish they had a father. With bright and vibrant art, this book invites readers to find themselves and each other in its pages.

Description

An ode to the girl with scrapes on her knees and flowers in her hair, and every girl in between, this exquisite treasury will appeal to readers of Dear Girl and I Am Enough and have kids poring over it to find a poem that's just for them.

I am a canvas
Being painted on
By the words of my family
Friends
And community

From Vanessa Brantley-Newton, the author of Grandma's Purse, comes a collection of poetry filled with engaging mini-stories about girls of all kinds—girls who feel happy, sad, scared, powerful; girls who love their bodies and girls who don’t; country girls, city girls; girls who love their mother and girls who wish they had a father. With bright portraits in Vanessa's signature style of vibrant colours and unique patterns and fabrics, this book invites readers to find themselves and each other within its pages.

A dynamic, uplifting, and welcoming world of girls.—Kirkus

Thoughtful, inclusive, and celebratory—Publishers Weekly

Bursting with positivity, this would be a great book to use in primary school classrooms when discussing issues of friendship, diversity, and self-esteem.—Booklist

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Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley-Newton has been praised for being thoughtful, inclusive, and celebratory. Reviews highlight its simple, upbeat, and affirming nature, making it a great reminder for girls to appreciate their own uniqueness and that of others. The book is described as dynamic and uplifting, ideal for primary classrooms to discuss friendship, diversity, and self-esteem.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593568798

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 July 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 229.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 36

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Penguin Books Vanessa Brantley-Newton

About the Author

Vanessa Brantley-Newton is a self-taught illustrator, doll maker, and crafter who studied fashion illustration at FIT and children's book illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is the author and illustrator of Grandma's Purse and has illustrated numerous children's books, including Sewing Stories by Barbara Herkert. Vanessa currently makes her nest in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and a very rambunctious cat named Stripes. Learn more about Vanessa and her artwork at VanessaBrantleyNewton.com and on Facebook.