#Superheroes are everywhere code#

A Spanish edition, Los jardines de la abuela, publishes simultaneously Teresa Mlawer’s translation is fluid and pleasing, in at least one case improving on the original. Lemniscates uses an appropriately floral palette to evoke the gardens explored by these three white women. Though operating from very personal experience rooted in class privilege, the mother-daughter duo mostly succeeds in imparting a universally significant message: Whether visiting a public garden or working in the backyard, generations can cultivate a lasting bond. Gardens can be many things: places for celebration, discovery and learning, vehicles for teaching responsibility in creating beauty, home to wildlife large and small, a place to share stories and develop memories. Each double-page spread culminates in a declarative statement set in italicized red text invoking Dorothy’s wise words. Via brief yet explicit remembrances, they share what they learned, observed, and most of all enjoyed in gardens with her. The Clinton women reminisce about their beloved forebear and all she taught them in a color-coded, alternating text, blue for Chelsea and green for Hillary. Grandma Dorothy, the former senator, secretary of state, and presidential candidate’s mother, loved gardens, appreciating the multiple benefits they yielded for herself and her family. In an inviting picture book, Chelsea and Hillary Clinton share personal revelations on how gardening with a grandmother, a mother, and children shapes and nurtures a love and respect for nature, beauty, and a general philosophy for life. and a slight underrepresentation for Africa and South America.Įngaging, well-chosen images and a clear, coherent text illuminate the importance of empathy for the world’s inhabitants.

At the end, a world map and thumbnail images show the locations of all photos, revealing a preponderance of examples from the U.S. Manzano also makes sure to point out likenesses in emotions, as shown in a montage of photos from countries including China, Spain, Kashmir (Pakistan/India), and the United States. In her endnote, she explains her desire to “encourage lively conversations about shared experiences.” Starting out with the familiar, home and community, the text begins with “How many WONDERFUL PEOPLE do you know?” Then it moves out to the world: “Did you know there are about 8 BILLION PEOPLE on the planet?” The photo essay features the usual concrete similarities and differences found in many books of this type, such as housing (a Mongolian yurt opposite a Hong Kong apartment building overlooking a basketball court), food (dumplings, pizza, cotton candy, a churro, etc.), and school. While child readers may not recognize Manzano, the Puerto Rican actress who played Maria on Sesame Street, adults will recognize her as a trusted diverse voice. Large color photographs (occasionally composed of montages) and accessible, simple text highlight global similarities and differences, always focusing on our universal connections. Self-serving to be sure but also chock-full of worthy values and sentiments. Roe provides everyone identified as a role model with a cape and poses the author, who is seen at different ages wearing an identifying heart pin or decoration, next to each. In group scenes, some of the figures in the bright, simplistic digital illustrations have Asian features, some are in wheelchairs, nearly all are people of color.

#Superheroes are everywhere code#

“Heroes are…YOU!” she concludes, closing with a bulleted Hero Code and a timeline of her legal and political career that ends with her 2017 swearing-in as senator. In between, Harris introduces heroes in her life who have shaped her character: her mom and dad, whose superpowers were, respectively, to make her feel special and brave an older neighbor known for her kindness grandparents in India and Jamaica who “ up for what’s right” (albeit in unspecified ways) other relatives and a teacher who opened her awareness to a wider world and finally iconic figures such as Thurgood Marshall and Constance Baker Motley who “protected people by using the power of words and ideas” and whose examples inspired her to become a lawyer. The endpapers are covered with cascades of, mostly, early childhood snapshots (“This is me contemplating the future”-caregivers of toddlers will recognize that abstracted look).

The junior senator from California introduces family and friends as everyday superheroes.