Looking Like Me
Age 5+
Poetry
A joyful poem and colourful collage artwork encourage children to embrace and celebrate all that they are
When you look in a mirror, who do you see?
A boy? A girl?
A son? A daughter?
A runner? A dancer?
Whoever and whatever you see—just put out your fist and give yourself an ""I am"" BAM!
This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers celebrates every child, and everything that a child can be.
Creators
Walter Dean Myers has received accolades including the Margaret A. Edwards Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, Michael L. Printz Award, National Book Award Finalist, and Newbery Honors. In 2019 he was posthumously awarded the Children's Literature Legacy Award.
Christopher Myers is an award-winning picture book writer and illustrator, a fine artist, a filmmaker, a photographer, a video artist, a clothes designer, and a proud resident of Brooklyn, New York. He has won many awards, including a Caldecott Honor, four Coretta Scott King Honors, three Boston Globe-Horn Book Honors, and a New York Times Best Illustrated citation.
Reviews
This very contemporary work is encouraging, energetic, and inspired.
starred, Booklist
This vibrant synthesis of poetry and pictures is a natural for classrooms and family sharing.
starred, Kirkus Reviews
This book is an excellent introduction to verse, for it vividly demonstrates how poetry is a vital part of daily life.
starred, School Library Journal
