Why I Am Me

This loving ode to our shared humanity is the perfect introduction to conversations about identity and Anti-Racism.* "Will invite the book's audience to grapple with themes of individuality, diversity, universality, and what it means to be human." -- The Horn Book, starred review"Loved it." -- Jacqueline Woodson, former Ambassador of Young People’s Literature Presented as a thoughtful, poetic exchange between two characters -- who don't realize they are thinking and asking the very same questions -- this beautiful celebration of our humanity and diversity invites readers of all ages to imagine a world where there is no you or me, only we.If the first step toward healing the world is to build bridges of empathy and celebrate rather than discriminate, Why Am I Me? helps foster a much-needed sense of connection, compassion, and love.

"I Am Me" is a fun and rhythmic story encouraging children to embrace their uniqueness and celebrate everyone's differences. This book is filled with powerful affirmations and beautiful illustrations, with hopes of helping as many children as possible see themselves reflected in the pages.

A few days earlier, the plane and its crew had been declared missing. The Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, had announced two of the US spy flight crew had been captured. The crewmen would stand trial as spies and, if convicted, executed. And the US base in England, from which the flight had originated, would be bombed. Within days, thousands of 'Ban the Bomb' protesters were outside the base fences, being held back by the British Army. Inside the fences, US Air Force security guards

I Am Me By: Angelise Tomasino Angelise Tomasino lives near Chicago with her fiancé, Jason and her two children, Jackson and Annabel. They have a pitbull named Junior. Tomasino hopes her book will be helpful to others. I Am Me utilizes her pain and experiences to create a guide for readers with similar struggles.

I Am Me is a two-way book that contains twenty short stories, divided into ten individual pairs. Each story in a pair has a corresponding "mate" on the other side, which shares the same title, theme, and to an extent the same concept, but is presented in an entirely different way. One half of the book examines reality, while the other half explores the realms of fantasy. The stories examine various aspects of life, from birth to friendship, love, desire, ambition, prejudice, spirituality, death and the afterlife. Through the two-way structure of the book, I Am Me depicts each tale in two distinct ways, offering a reader a choice between residing in a realistic world, or being lost within the labyrinths of fantasy. The stories are populated by an eclectic group of characters, ranging from a lonely boy who attempts to determine the value of friendship, to two birds named Max and Macs that fight for territory on an apple tree. I Am Me attempts to challenge the segregation of literature into "fact" and "fiction" as well as life into "reality" and "fantasy." These labels are not mutually exclusive, for there is as much truth to every lie, as there are lies in every truth. It is perception that paints the difference between these concepts.

Lena is different from everyone else because of the way she looks, live, talk, and feel. With three nonchalant elder brothers, two constantly fighting parents who rather beat her silly than help with anything, “the group” bully at school who live to taunt her, and Zoe, a friend she isn’t so sure about, her life is neither fun at home nor school. Then an extreme assignment is forced on Lena. She must deliver, but how can a poor girl living off the trash of the wealthy and written off as “brainless” take on this extreme assignment? Lena finds a way, and in the midst of it she gains much more than a friend. Then Miracle Miller arrives the scene...

Lionel, an independent, motivated, confident young boy is proud of who he is. He listens to his parents and does not follow ‘the crowd’. Even when his friends mock him, he simply tells them, I AM ME

Do you remember what it was like to see the world through a childs eyes? What it was like to take in the vibrancy of the colors, sounds, and smells with all the precious imagination, speculation, and childlike wonder of an impressionable young mind? Do you remember what it was like to be open and free to experience the happiness, innocence, and beauty of childhood? In I Am Someone; I Am Me, author Audrey C. Hayes shares her creative effort to help build positive self-esteem in children by painting lucid, imaginative pictures of the world as it is seen through the eyes of children. Combining touching, heartwarming poetry and engaging fairy tales with fun, and interactive activities young children should delight in being a part of, it promises to bring to light some of the thoughts, feelings, and impressions young children have about their self-worth and who they are. Creating in a child the sense that they are special, good, and beautiful is the most important thing parents and educators can do to instill positive self-worth. Remembering what it was like to be so impressionable and so vulnerable, the hope is to help build and reinforce our childrens inner sense of worth and goodness and to promote positive, constructive, and wholesome development.

The book has two stories. One is a story about Jenny who has a neuropsychiatric diagnosis and talks about her life with this. The other about Jesper, who has been tasked by his psychologist to write down his feelings about being a sibling of someone who has a neuropsychiatric diagnosis. Two stories, two completely different perspectives within the same family.