Description: Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! 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. In Just Ask, 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 powe Book and Mortar Record Store Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You -- Sonia Sotomayor 16.85 Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique. A #1 New York Times bestseller! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award! 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. In Just Ask, 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 Just Ask. Praise for Just Ask * Addressing topics too often ignored, this picture book presents information in a direct and wonderfully child-friendly way. --Booklist, *STARRED REVIEW* An affirmative, delightfully diverse overview of disabilities. --Kirkus Reviews 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. --SLJ Author: Sonia Sotomayor Publisher: Philomel Books Published: 09/03/2019 Pages: 32 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 0.96lbs Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.50d ISBN: 9780525514121 Audience: Ages 4-8 Accelerated Reader: Reading Level: 4.1 Point Value: 0.5 Interest Level: Lower Grade Quiz #/Name: 505958 / Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You Award: Schneider Family Book Award - Winner Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/22/2019 Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2019 Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 63 School Library Journal 10/18/2019 pg. 1 About the Author Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as Assistant District Attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to ever hold such a high position. She is the author of Turning Pages, My Beloved World, and The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor. Rafael López (rafaellopez.com) won Pura Belpré medals for Drum Dream Girl and Book Fiesta, and has also received three Pura Belpré honors, two Américas Book Awards, and the 2017 Tomás Rivera Children's Book Award and Society of Illustrators Original Art Silver Medal. His work has been featured in Communication Arts, American Illustration Annual, Graphic Design USA, and Huffington Post. He's a founder of San Diego's Urban Art Trail movement, created seven US Postal Stamps, and created official posters for the '08 and '12 Obama-Biden campaigns. Follow him on Twitter @RafaelLopezArt.
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Genre 1: Books,Subjects,Children's Books,Growing Up & Facts of Life,Health
Label: Philomel Books
Artist: Sotomayor, Sonia
Album: Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Book Title: Just Ask! : Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Number of Pages: 32 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: Social Themes / Special Needs, Social Topics / Friendship, Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Social Topics / General (See Also Headings under Family), Social Topics / Special Needs, Social Themes / Friendship
Publication Year: 2019
Illustrator: Yes, López, Rafael
Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction
Item Weight: 14.8 Oz
Author: Sonia Sotomayor
Item Length: 11.2 in
Item Width: 9.4 in
Format: Hardcover
