pib003's review
4.0
This would be a great one-on-one read- there's so much to discuss on every page!
lilliangretsinger's review
5.0
A good book about how we all move differently and have different abilities.
librarydreams's review
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
While the text is more reflective than narrative, one could spend a lot of time diving into Trejos' detailed illustrations. There is so much representation visually present in this book! In depth backmatter provides context for many of the details.
alisun's review
5.0
This is an awesome book! The illustrations are bright and bold and it features a community of mixed ability children and how they "move together." It digs into the issue of accessibility in a celebratory way. Definitely one for the elementary classroom library. Also includes awesome back matter than presents concepts central to disability justice.
jomo902's review
5.0
this is the perfect example of talking about a complicated, intricate thing (dj) really simply and beautifully. the perfect edition to any home regardless of age or ability. i want all my friends with labels stuck living in group homes to have access to this.
maddiematos's review
5.0
This book is a simple and understandable way for kids to learn about disabilities, I can’t wait to add this to the library for more kids to learn!
jeremy_bearimy's review
5.0
Loooooove. Inclusive, intersectional, visually appealing, and doesn't sugarcoat the challenges of disability justice work. Definitely adding this to the list of books I want to get for my friends with kiddos so they can read and explore these ideas together.
erine's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
5.0
After discovering this in a roundabout, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day quest, I am just so impressed by this book. I keep opening it up again to look at it.
The cover is warm and fiery and welcoming, with firm emphasis on feet and methods of movement (besides feet, there's a motorized wheelchair, a cane, and a service dog). But despite the clear underlying focus on disability justice, the entire book is a general call to community action. By moving together we make change, but there's no glossing over of difficulty here. Sometimes the change is fast, sometimes slow, sometimes we have to wait, but in the end we all wait together and work together. Disagreements and problems arise, but we deal with them. Sometimes we can't fight for justice today and we take a break, but there's always someone to continue.
Full of hope tempered with reality, this book leaves sunshine and rainbows behind in favor of honest, hard work. But work that happens together and that leaves room for moments of pause and appreciation and joy.
There's a glorious scene in a library that does a pretty keen job of depicting a library today. And a nice two-page afterward with additional information on disability culture and rights.
The cover is warm and fiery and welcoming, with firm emphasis on feet and methods of movement (besides feet, there's a motorized wheelchair, a cane, and a service dog). But despite the clear underlying focus on disability justice, the entire book is a general call to community action. By moving together we make change, but there's no glossing over of difficulty here. Sometimes the change is fast, sometimes slow, sometimes we have to wait, but in the end we all wait together and work together. Disagreements and problems arise, but we deal with them. Sometimes we can't fight for justice today and we take a break, but there's always someone to continue.
Full of hope tempered with reality, this book leaves sunshine and rainbows behind in favor of honest, hard work. But work that happens together and that leaves room for moments of pause and appreciation and joy.
There's a glorious scene in a library that does a pretty keen job of depicting a library today. And a nice two-page afterward with additional information on disability culture and rights.
elizabethlk's review
5.0
I'm so incredibly happy to have read this. It can be way too difficult to find picture books about disability that aren't just cringey inspiration porn, so it's amazing that this is a picture book about disability justice, accessibility, and the huge varieties of disabilities and disabled people out there. The endnotes add to the discussion. This book is perfect for teaching kids about disability justice, whether the children learning are abled or disabled. As a disabled reader, I personally loved this and would highly recommend it.