Like You, Like Me

by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw (Author)

Like You, Like Me
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

A pen pal picture book companion to the award-winning and bestselling Same, Same but Different--set in the United States and Tanzania--that celebrates the value of compassion, curiosity, and a global community.

Tulsi and Vanessa live on separate continents--one in the mountains in North America, and the other beside the sea in Africa. By exchanging letters, they learn that they both have prankster brothers, love music, and collect treasures from nature. Their daily sights and sounds may be different, but their feelings about their experiences hold many similarities.

This thoughtful story celebrates the connections between two kids who live worlds apart. Together they rejoice in their shared love of family, friends, and community.

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Charming.

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Praise for Like You, Like Me: 

In this companion to Same, Same but Different, two pen pals delight in their differences and commonalities.... Every shared detail shrinks the distance between northern New Mexico and the Tanzanian coast until the pair are all but face to face in their mutual understanding. The gently paced text moves smoothly from one letter to the next. Bright, mixed-media illustrations visually align the children's busy lives with balanced, reflective spreads that defy the barrier of the gutter and emphasize difference as a means of connection. Charming.—Kirkus
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw is the author and illustrator of My Travelin' Eye and Same, Same But Different, for which she won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and the South Asia Book Award. A freelance illustrator who studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and the Illustration Academy, Jenny lives in the mountains of Northern New Mexico with her family.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780316330084
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hachette
Publication date
January 20, 2024
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV030010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Africa
JUV030060 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States
JUV074000 - Juvenile Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Picture books
Pen pals

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