Mia the Masterpiece
An Empowering Story About Inclusivity and Growing Up with Down Syndrome
$52.64
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2025
Summary
Tween actress Mia Armstrong celebrates her fun, funny, beautiful childhood living with Down syndrome in this debut picture book.
Mia likes many of the things other people like–going to the beach, the color blue, drawing. But she doesn’t like when strangers stare at her because she looks different from them.
Down syndrome allows Mia to see and understand the world in a way that may not make sense to others. She considers it her superpower–and instead of it making her strange, s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593899137 |
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| ISBN-10: | 059389913X |
| Author: | Mia Armstrong, Alexandra Thompson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Children's Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 159mm x 8mm |
| Series: | Step into Reading, Step 2 |
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Critics Review
“A celebration of self-advocacy, self-expression, and self-acceptance.” —Kirkus Reviews“Thompson’s delicate pencil and gouache renderings amplify the emotion that infuses the text’s vision of external patience and self-love.” —Publishers Weekly“Young readers will find this book delightful, whether or not they have Down syndrome. It can be both a mirror and a window to learn about how differences are what make people special.” —School Library Journal
About The Author
Mia Armstrong
Mia Armstrong is a SAG-AFTRA actress, model, and voiceover artist who once declared in a Good Morning America interview that Down syndrome is her superpower—and she’s proving that to be true.
Mia’s first feature film, A Christmas in New Hope, is streaming now. She has also starred in the Apple TV show Hello Jack, Muppet Babies, and Disney’s YouTube series The Disney Princess Club. In her modeling work, Mia has appeared in ads for Tommy Hilfiger, Walmart, Target, Amazon, Walgreens, Samsung, Cheerios, Chase, and Nickelodeon. She made history as the first child with Down syndrome to voice a cartoon character on Netflix. Mia has appeared on The View, MSNBC, and The Tamron Hall Show.
Mia is changing the way intellectual disabilities and differences are perceived as she fights for inclusion and against discrimination. Mia is a prolific artist who draws and paints daily, and her art has inspired Owtside The Box, an apparel company featuring the art of individuals with Down syndrome. Mia lives in California with her parents and brother. This is her first book.
Alexandra Thompson is a Maine-based illustrator and author creating work for picture books, children’s apparel, and magazines. She is also the illustrator of A Family for Louie and Ben & Emma’s Big Hit.
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