Just Like Me
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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 colors 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
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 colors 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
Target Audience: NP
ISBN:
9780525582090
| Availability | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
| P Brantely-Newton | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Picture Book | In |
| P Brantely-Newton | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/26/2022) |
| P Brantely-Newton | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/18/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | Ballentine Indoors | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/8/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | Blythewood | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/11/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | Northeast Indoors | Picture Book | In |
| P Brantley-Newton | Sandhills Indoors | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/5/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | Sandhills Indoors | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/19/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | Sandhills Indoors | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/18/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | St. Andrews Indoors | Picture Book | Out (Due: 7/12/2022) |
| P Brantley-Newton | St. Andrews Indoors | Picture Book | In |
| P Brantley-Newton | Southeast | Picture Book | In |
