You Rule!

by Rilla Alexander

Overview

How far can you go? How much do you know? How kind are you? How much do I love you? These are the impossible questions every child has asked, and every parent has struggled to answer. This is a wonderfully affirmative and aspirational book of possibilities and exploration, a fantastic linguistic calibration/celebration of bravery, kindness, love, and so much more. Within this bright and colorful picture book and energetic glossary of words, Rilla Alexander brilliantly succeeds in measuring the immeasurables of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781797213446
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	04/04/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	36
Sales rank:	854,958
File size:	28 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Rilla Alexander is an Australian-born designer, illustrator, and author whose work has appeared on everything from toys and teacups to buses and buildings. She explores creativity, ideas, and language through simple characters, graphic forms, and bold colors, inspiring both children and adults through books and workshops. Her books include A Bear Sat on My Porch Today, the TouchWords series, Motor Mix: Emergency, and Motor Mix: Flight. She lives in South Pasadena, California.

Editorial Reviews

★ 04/24/2023

What if one could easily measure traditionally unquantifiable thoughts and feelings? Alexander’s got it covered in this boldly colored picture book, which spurs readers to explore emotional nuance around concepts including how much one knows and how much one can do. On each spread, an open-ended question appears for readers to ponder alongside a blue-nosed child protagonist portrayed with brown skin, a perky blue pup, and a helpful green caterpillar. As the figures interact on each page, a range of potential answers appears alongside the query, like a deftly organized word cloud. In a scene asking “How happy are you?” the trio of characters travel down a grassy hill, the child on a bike, with words and phrases beneath their feet ranging from “down in the dumps” to “walking on air.” An additional visual story unfolds as the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis and then a butterfly, and a yellow feline with black stripes—mimicking the unit ticks on a ruler—joins the team. A solid model for naming feelings, this enthusiastic read offers up inspiration perfect for those taking stock. Ages 3–5. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

This unique, clever offering will enhance visual literacy and help readers develop vocabulary.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review 

"A solid model for naming feelings, this enthusiastic read offers up inspiration perfect for those taking stock.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review  

“The eye-catching, geometric illustrations feature a limited palette of bold colors, simple shapes, and graphically pleasing compositions. This book cleverly expands young listeners’ and readers’ emotional vocabulary and offers many opportunities for cross curricular activities” — The Horn Book 

From the Publisher

★ 2023-01-12
Who knew you could measure almost anything?

Kids have probably learned or observed that measuring instruments—e.g., rulers, tape—determine how long or tall items are, and they likely know that such implements rely on numbers. But how do we measure intangibles like ideas or feelings? This picture book demonstrates how to do so. Each page presents a question and a striking, cartoonlike illustration, often with a tape-measure motif. One page states, “How big are you?” The image depicts an adult measuring a brown-skinned child’s height against a wall along with words and phrases such as microscopic, sprouting, giant, towering, and sky-high. Fonts in which measuring words/phrases are set on pages throughout vary, and some are boldfaced. Often, responses cavort playfully on pages so readers have to turn the book—or their heads!—to read text, as is the case with the question “How strong are you?” for which answers appear on a rope with which the child plays tug of war with a dog. Other questions include “How kind are you?” and “How much do you know?” The best is saved for last: “How much do I love you?” The answer, from a tan-skinned caregiver, in boldfaced capital letters: “IMMEASURABLY!” This unique, clever offering will enhance visual literacy and help readers develop vocabulary. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

How do you measure a terrific, winning book? By the learning and smiles it will surely generate. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews