I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes and Gordon C. James (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2020)
Let's hear it for everything that makes you the amazing, awesome, inspiring kid that you are...
Your curiosity and creativity. Your bravery and kindness. Your sense of humor and fun. Your ability to get up again when you get knocked down. Your way of helping others. Yeah--you are all that and more! You are every good thing that makes the world go round. So go ahead and show us your magnificence--all the things that make you, you.
About Derrick Barnes
Derrick Barns wrote The King of Kindergarten and received a Newbery Honor, a Coretta Scott King Author honor, and an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their four sons. His website is at https://derrickdbarnes.com/
About Gordon C. James
Gordon C. James received a Caldecott Honor, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor, and an Ezra Jack
Keats New Illustrator Honor for Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut. He lives in
Charlotte, North Carolina, with his wife and their two children. His web site is https://www.gordoncjames.com/
Activities & Links
- Story Time with Mr. Stephen reads this book: https://youtu.be/nn2YGzxzF-0
- Educator Guide from Penguin: https://storage.googleapis.com/classroom-portal-production/uploads/2020/08/88490d05-i-am-every-good-thing-guide.pdf
- Lots of resources on this title from The Classroom Bookshelf (including a video with the author): https://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2020/10/affirming-childrens-worthiness-with-i-am-every-good-thing/
- An interview with the author from NPR's Weekend Edition: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/24/925482149/a-new-picture-book-reminds-black-sons-you-are-every-good-thing
- A lesson from Library Learners for teaching point-of-view using this book: https://librarylearners.com/teach-point-of-view-with-i-am-every-good-thing/
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