There's Only One You by Kathryn Heling
Celebrate your individuality with this picture book that honors all the wonderful things that make you . . . you.
"A picture-book celebration of individuality and diversity. . . . Affirming and welcome." --Kirkus
"In all the world over, this much is true:
You're somebody special. There's only one YOU."
This feel-good book reassures kids that, whoever and whatever they are, it's awesome being YOU! Expertly written to include all kinds of children and families, it embraces the beauty in a range of physical types, personalities, and abilities. Kids will love discovering and recognizing themselves in these pages--and they'll feel proud to see their special qualities acknowledged. Adorable illustrations by Rosie Butcher show a diverse community that many will find similar to their own.
"A picture-book celebration of individuality and diversity. . . . Affirming and welcome." --Kirkus
"In all the world over, this much is true:
You're somebody special. There's only one YOU."
This feel-good book reassures kids that, whoever and whatever they are, it's awesome being YOU! Expertly written to include all kinds of children and families, it embraces the beauty in a range of physical types, personalities, and abilities. Kids will love discovering and recognizing themselves in these pages--and they'll feel proud to see their special qualities acknowledged. Adorable illustrations by Rosie Butcher show a diverse community that many will find similar to their own.
"A picture-book celebration of individuality and diversityHelig and Hembrook's text opens with the lines, 'In all the world over, / this much is true: / You're somebody special. / There's only one you.' The art depicts a white-appearing child with red pigtails, first on the floor, drawing, beside a big dog, then getting dressed as the dog sits on the bed and a woman, also white, peeks in. The next scene depicted in the digital, cartoon-style art shows the child hugging the woman and about to get on a school bus with a gaggle of diverse children with varying skin tones, hair textures and colors, and visible disabilities (one child wears a hearing aid, another wears glasses, a third uses a forearm crutch, and a fourth uses a wheelchair). As the rhyming text continues, it celebrates the diversity of these children not just in terms of their identities, but by commenting on their personalities, their talents, and ultimately their families. At book's end, the first child is revealed to have two moms when they both pick her up at the end of the school day, the family dog in tow. 'Families are families, / but soon you will find / that each can be different-- / a 'best for them' kind, ' reads the accompanying, inclusive text. Affirming and welcome." --Kirkus
Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook are the co-authors of several books for children, including I Wish I Had Glasses Like Rosa (Raven Tree Press, 2010); and Mouse Makes Words: A Phonics Reader (Random House, 2010). Kathryn and Deborah both live in Wisconsin. Andy Robert Davies is a professional UK based Illustrator working for clients around the world. His artwork has been used in an editorial context by the Independent on Sunday and Guardian newspapers, in viral marketing campaigns for Vodafone, and for several successful book titles. His first children's book Truck Stuck has won a number of awards and plaudits from respected sources in the USA.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781454922926 |
| ISBN 10 | 1454922923 |
| Title | There's Only One You |
| Author | Kathryn Heling |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Union Square & Co. |
| Year published | 2019-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |