Who We Are!: All About Being the Same and Being Different
Who We Are!: All About Being the Same and Being Different
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Candlewick Press
Just the Series: Let's Talk about You and Me   

Series and Publisher: Let's Talk about You and Me   

Annotation: Introduces preschoolers to differences and similarities in people's physical characteristics, and demonstrates why it's important to treat others as we wish to be treated.
 
Reviews: 3
Catalog Number: #116121
Format: Perma-Bound from Publisher's Hardcover
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Common Core/STEAM: Common Core Common Core
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Copyright Date: 2016
Edition Date: 2016 Release Date: 03/22/16
Illustrator: Westcott, Nadine Bernard,
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: Publisher: 0-7636-6903-2 Perma-Bound: 0-605-93349-9
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-7636-6903-4 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-93349-1
Dewey: 158.2
LCCN: 2015933255
Dimensions: 28 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)

This title continues Harris and Westcott's Let's Talk about You and Me series of books, which makes abstract concepts accessible to young readers and their adults. Their newest follows an interracial family through an amusement park ere better to find a kaleidoscope of humans? Siblings Nellie and Gus notice how they look "a little bit alike. But not a lot alike." From there, the lens expands to all the people around them. Difference is explained first in simple terms, such as clothes, haircuts, and so forth, moving to more complex ways, like hair texture and eye shape. These details set the stage for an explication of the roles of melanin and inheritance and, later, for the reality of how difference can be scary or make people say mean things. Every unkind act can be remedied, however, and ultimately, we're all more the same than we are different.

School Library Journal (Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)

K-Gr 2 Presenting several diverse families enjoying the various attractions at an amusement park, Harris explores the numerous ways that people are alike and different. Many examples are presented; for instance, while we all have many of the same body parts, those parts come in different shapes and sizes. The author provides an explanation of some of the causes of similarities and differences, such as genetics. Her concluding message is that no matter how different we may be, we all have feelings and that it is wrong to use differences put people down. Westcott's signature child-friendly cartoon illustrations support and expand the theme of the text. Crisp and clear, the images depict a variety of individualschildren in wheelchairs, a woman in a hijab, a man wearing a turban, and a boy wearing a yarmulkeand add charm and invite repeated examination. VERDICT A valuable addition to most collections and particularly useful as a springboard to antibullying discussions.— Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ

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School Library Journal (Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 CST 2016)
Reading Level: 2.0
Interest Level: K-3
Guided Reading Level: M
Fountas & Pinnell: M

New York Times best-selling author Robie H. Harris helps preschoolers understand what makes us who we are — from our height to our hair, from the shade of our skin to our eyesight.

Join Nellie, Gus, baby Jake, and their parents at Funland as they go on rides, watch performers, and play games along with many other children and grown-ups. As they enjoy their excursion, they — and young readers — notice that people are the same as one another in lots of ways, and different in lots of ways too. Accessible, humorous, family-filled illustrations; conversations between Gus and Nellie; and straightforward text come together to help children realize why it’s important to treat others the way they want to be treated and the way you want to be treated — whether a person is a lot like you or different from you, a good friend or someone you have just met or seen for the first time.


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