In this open world, all-female, action adventure, players get both a sense of the characters "as their superhero selves going on quests and adventures," says Jeff Haynes, senior editor of video games and websites for Common Sense Media, and "their alter ego lives, so you see them going to high school and interacting with some of the characters from the TV show" of the same name. "What's special about this book," says Pope, "is that it really reveals to the hearing readers how rich the world is in terms of sensation for non-hearing people."ĭC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power, ages 8-10 A visit to an audiologist reveals he's experiencing deafness.
But Little Bear has trouble understanding people when they speak. Little Bear experiences the world through feeling, the "rumbles" when his dad yells, the "crunch" when he walks in the snow. Pope says Sheffield's colorful collages "knock it out of the park" and applauds the story for highlighting a father/son relationship, "something that we need to see more of in children's books."Ĭan Bears Ski?, written by Raymond Antrobus with illustrations by Polly Dunbar Mine is book by book," Luis beams with pride. With a smattering of Spanish throughout, Luis loves talking about his father, Papi, a construction worker. Children's media consultant Kevin Clark calls The Me I Choose to Be's reach-for-the-stars declarations an "uplifting, powerful book that encourages self-awareness and confidence and talks about possibilities." Clark says the "bright, vibrant" images are "unlike anything I've ever seen in a children's picture book."īrick by Brick, written and illustrated by Heidi Woodward Sheffield A child astronaut donning a silver suit is poised to explore the galaxy. The Me I Choose to Be, written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley with photography by Regis and Kahran BethencourtĪ young ballerina dances across a luminous, violet night sky. fears of being different, and then really be comforted by the way you resolve those fears." "I think all kids will resonate with Zura's. the cultural gap," says Deborah Pope, executive director of the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. "But her grandmother just aces the situation by showing how she can make differences familiar and therefore bridge.
Zura wants to bring her West African grandmother to school for Grandparents Day but she's afraid the traditional tribal markings on her face will frighten her classmates. Nana Akua Goes to School, written by Tricia Elam Walker with illustrations by April Harrison
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