Only You Can Be You! by Nathan and Sally Clarkson - NO

Only You Can Be You! by Nathan and Sally Clarkson, illustrated by Tim Warnes. PICTURE BOOK. Thomas Nelson (Harper Collins Christian Publishing), 2019. $17. 9781400211432

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - NO 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

This book covers all the different ways that you may be different from others and others may be different from you. It suggests that all of those differences are okay and were intended by “The Maker of everything.” 

The religious bend of this book makes it awkward for a school setting but other than that it is a pretty predictable celebration of differences. The pictures are cutesy and the point clique, but the message that differences are okay is always a welcome one. 

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher