I Can Be... Me!
I Can Be... Me!
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Lee & Low Publishers
Annotation: From bestselling author Lesléa Newman -- a joyful picture book celebration of individuality, uniqueness, and children's freedom to express themselves while engaging in whatever kinds of play they choose.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #363755
Format: Publisher's Hardcover
Copyright Date: 2023
Edition Date: 2023 Release Date: 03/21/23
ISBN: 1-643-79205-9
ISBN 13: 978-1-643-79205-7
Dewey: E
Language: English
Reviews:
Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

“I can be everything I want to be./ I can be all of magnificent me!” Leading on from the titular phrase, chipper couplets promote empowerment through dress-up and play in this inclusive excursion. Newman’s energetic first-person verse emphasizes self-acceptance as the speaker describes embracing a wide range of activities (basketball and ballet), fashions (blue jeans and nail polish), and feelings (anger and sadness). Employing clean lines and rainbow colors, Gonzalez’s naïf-style colored pencil, pencil, and watercolor art portrays kids in suits and ruffles and rainbow hues. A spread of children decked out as royalty (“I can dress like a prince/ with a crown on my head// or wear a long gown/ like a princess instead”) portrays the group with varying skin

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
Reading Level: 1.0
Interest Level: K-3
Lexile: AD640L
Guided Reading Level: K
Fountas & Pinnell: K

From bestselling author Lesléa Newman -- a joyful picture book celebration of individuality, uniqueness, and children's freedom to express themselves while engaging in whatever kinds of play they choose. I can be everything I want to be, I can be all of magnificent me! In this lighthearted story, a group of six, colorfully clad children exuberantly explore -- through play -- the many ways they can be themselves. They are free to embrace all kinds of activities, reveling in the fun of trying new things and discovering new ways of being. They can shoot baskets, dance around a room, weave ribbons through their hair, swim like a mermaid, and more. There is no right way or wrong way. There are no binary expectations. Children explore their individuality through whatever kinds of play appeal to them. With lively, gender-neutral rhyming verses and fun, gender-bending images, author Lesléa Newman and illustrator Maya Gonzalez invite young readers into a space where creativity and acceptance are enjoyed by all, and where each child will be inspired to say, "I can be... me!"


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