Looking Like Me

By Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers

When you look in a mirror, who do you see?

A boy? A girl?
A son? A daughter?
A runner? A dancer?

Whoever and whatever you see―just put out your fist and give yourself an "I am" BAM!

This jumping, jazzy, joyful picture book by the award-winning team of Walter Dean Myers and Christopher Myers celebrates every child, and everything that a child can be.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Aug 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781512408584

Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults, a three-time National Book Award Finalist, as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

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Reviews for Looking Like Me

[sottallah-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book paints the way for students to believe they can be who they want to be. The way the book is written in rhythm and the illustration is fun and loud. Students can write a short poem describing who they are.

[tzarate-1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This book has great illustrations and it talks about being yourself and accepting yourself as you are.

[matesewiggns · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lookin Look Me written by Walter Dean Myers and illustrated by Christopher Myers is a colorful artist story about a young African American boy life through rhythm. The story starts with Jeremy looking in the mirror and seeing a handsome dude. As the book continues Jeremy sisters, brother, father, teachers, and community is shown through his eyes and is introduced in rhythms. Some themes that can be found in this book is Self-love, self-worth, family, and community.

[brittasorensen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Summary: In this rhythmic book, a young boy looks in the mirror, wondering what kind of person he is. He goes through his day, meeting people who tell him what he is to them: a son, a brother, a writer, a city child, an artist, etc. It reads like a poem or a song, with only a few lines per page and the repetition of the phrase, "I gave it a bam."Genre: Picture book, PoetryComments: The illustrations, a collage of photographs and paintings, are complex, bright, and fun, drawing the reader in and asking for multiple interpretations. The use of rhythm and rhyme appeals to children of all ages, as does the repetition of the phrase, "I gave it a bam." It would be an EXCELLENT book to use as a starting-off point for the kids writing their own poems that describe what kind of people they are. They could even bring in pictures to use to make collages, like the illustrator does.

[cspine_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

The young protagonist in this story seems to be quite at ease with his role as a boy, a son, a brother, a student, a reader, a friend, a writer, an artist, and a dreamer! The art seemed unrelated to the central story line, but the cut out collage is visually captivating, colorful and attractive.

[nmkimdykstra · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

your personal response to the book:I love the illustrations in this book. I also thought this was a very positive book in that it prompts kids to define who they are.curricular connections (how you might use it with students in a classroom or school library) or programming connections (how you might use this book in a public library setting):I think in a school setting it would be a lot of fun to read this story and challenge the kids to make something similar to this about themselves!

[lnpowers_1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I liked this book because it was done in a way that could be for any child of any race. The images of people that are doing the things that are discussed in the text are bright and colorful therefore opening the door to many races. This book could go along with a library program that discusses the different titles a child could wear. I fun activity could include coloring buttons that identify each child as the things they are.

[thewanderingjew_1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Just 32 pages long, this brief, little picture book would be a welcome read for children of all ages, adults too, because of the message of self-esteem it imparts. I enjoyed listening to it and am sorry I did not get to see the illustrations. The narrators read it with inspiring expression and feeling. Everyone reading or listening to this lyrical, rap-rhythm presentation of the book, will get the message of hope and confidence, the message to believe in one’s own ability to be all that is possible. It is an uplifting message that is sorely needed, not only in urban communities, but everywhere in the world!