Like You, Like Me
$33.14
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2024
Summary
Like You, Like Me: A World Apart, Hearts Connected
Tulsi and Vanessa live on separate continents, one in the mountains of North America, the other by the sea in Africa. Through letters, they discover shared experiences: prankster brothers, a love for music, and collecting nature’s treasures.
Though their daily lives differ, their feelings resonate. This story celebrates the connections between two kids living worlds apart, rejoicing in their shared love of family, friends, and community.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316330084 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0316330086 |
| Author: | Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 258mm x 12mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Two girls, one living in the mountains of Northern New Mexico, the other living in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, connect via a library pen pal program… in the end, the girls find that they can see one another clearly and recognize the power of friendship. Offering readers a chance to share what makes their homes and lives unique, this story also encourages young people to focus on the similarities that connect us in one human family. Highly recommended for all collections.” –School Library JournalPraise for Like You, Like Me:
* “Through collages made from painted papers and oil sticks, Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw has created a vibrant celebration of global connectedness based on the author’s daughter and her real-life pen pal… a wonderful celebration of global friendship.”–Bookpage, starred review
“In this companion to Same, Same but Different, two pen pals delight in their differences and commonalities…. Every shared detail shrinks the distance between northern New Mexico and the Tanzanian coast until the pair are all but face to face in their mutual understanding. The gently paced text moves smoothly from one letter to the next. Bright, mixed-media illustrations visually align the children’s busy lives with balanced, reflective spreads that defy the barrier of the gutter and emphasize difference as a means of connection. Charming.”–KirkusAbout The Author
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw is the creator of the acclaimed books Papa Brings Me the World; Luna & Me: The True Story of a Girl Who Lived in a Tree to Save a Forest; My Travelin’ Eye; and Same, Same but Different, for which she won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and the South Asia Book Award, among others. Jenny lives on a homestead in the mountains of northern New Mexico where she homeschools her children, and makes her books in a studio she and her family built with their own hands.
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