You MatterIn this full, bright, and beautiful picture book, many different perspectives around the world are deftly and empathetically explored from a pair of bird watchers to the pigeons they're feeding. Young readers will be drawn into the luminous illustrations inviting them to engage with the world in a new way and see how everyone is connected, and that everyone matters.

with cumulative power and shared pride

The second surprise comes when Genie figures out that their grandfather is blind

and community leaders must approach education with the imagination

There is fourteen-year-old Jael

say the friends she makes along the way

has been assassinated

We should not suppress it or seek to replace it with friendly emotions

His family has chosen Afi in the hopes that she will distract him from a current relationship they disapprove of

Molly Idle

But she lived

and other supernatural creatures all being real

Unflinching yet filled with joy