Just Ask!

Written by Sonia Sotomayor · Illustrated by Rafael López

A group of children with different abilities and health conditions share their experiences and how they adapt to their challenges.

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32 pages· 1,053 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud· 710L

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Bookroo's summary

In a vibrant community garden, children with diverse abilities unite, each bringing their unique strengths. Inspired by her own childhood with diabetes, Justice Sonia Sotomayor encourages curiosity and understanding. As they plant and grow, they learn to ask questions and celebrate what makes each person special. What wonders will they uncover in each other?

From the publisher

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael Lopez create a kind and caring book about the differences that make each of us unique.

Feeling different, especially as a kid, can be tough. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful.

In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges–and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we’re not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask.