By Louise Gooding (author) , Angel Chang, Caterina Delli Carri, cathyhookey, Iwa (illustrator)
"40 Fascinating and inspiring life stories that celebrate difference."
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Written by debut author, Louise Gooding and vividly illustrated by a team of artists who all identify as physically or neurologically diverse, this inspiring anthology is a testament to lived experience.
Having three daughters who were all physically or neurologically diverse and having realised her own missed diagnosis as a child, Louise states her intention of improving visibility for every child who feels different. She wanted everyone to know about the amazing achievements of the disabled people she found in her research. Each double page features a quote, a beautiful illustration, the life story, and achievements of the individual and a simple explanation of their diagnosis.
This anthology features 40 figures including well known personalities like Ellie Symonds, Stephen Hawking, and Helen Keller and lesser well-known ones such as Naoki Higashida, Sudha Chandran, and Nkosi Johnson and the stories cover a huge variety of different conditions, including some rare conditions such as progeria and Treacher Collins Syndrome.
It is the positive tone that makes this book so special. So often one is met with the trope of success being achieved ‘despite’ a disability or condition. Here the stories are told in a positive way. The condition is part of who they are and while it may make things harder, it is not by any means the thing that holds them back. This empowering anthology encourages every child to celebrate their uniqueness and for us all to recognise our potential to achieve whatever we want.
The world is full of people who are a little different. Our uniqueness makes us who we are. We are all 'different; not less'.
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This is a collection of the true stories of 40 inspirational figures from around the world, all of whom are physically or neurologically diverse.
Each story includes struggles and triumphs, a motivational quote and information on each condition.
Reflective of our diverse society, this book features Simone Biles, Selena Gomez, Temple Grandin, Warwick Davis, Daniel Radcliffe, Stephen Hawking, Greta Thunberg and many more.
Louise Gooding is a children's writer who lives in Switzerland with her partner and three children. Always a keen reader and writer with an overactive imagination, it was no surprise that after many years working in children's entertainment Louise channelled her energy and creativity into writing books for children. Louise is keen to help increase the visibility of disabled, and neurologically diverse people in children's books, being a proud ADHDer herself, with a neurodiverse family and her first book, Just Like Me, published in 2021. She also enjoys exploring family relationships and Louise's second book, Remember When, is based on her own relationship with her grandmother and experience with dementia.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Just Like Me and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Just Like Me features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Star Books, People / Places, PSHE: Special educational needs and disability (SEND), Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Just Like Me was written by Louise Gooding and published by Studio Press an imprint of Bonnier Books UK
Just Like Me has 96 pages
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