By Friday, all the kids are bringing sandwiches instead … until, one by one, the kids decide they prefer their distinctive meals instead. From dhokla cake to gimbap to bagels and lox, each meal draws some unkind comments. This back-to-school story follows four kids whose lunchboxes are a bit different from most of their classmates. Lunch from Home written by Joshua David Stein, illustrated by Jing Li There’s also a section explaining the Strongman competition in more detail, explaining some of the various feats of strength involved, from flipping giant tires to pulling heavy vehicles. The book closes with a letter from Rob explaining that being who you are is what makes you strong, and that you don’t need to try to make yourself be like the people around you. Eventually, Rob won the North American championship. But then he met Joey, who encouraged Rob to be himself and offered to wear colorful outfits so he wouldn’t be alone.
Rob liked to wear bright colorful clothing, but always changed into dark, boring colors during competitions because he didn’t want to stand out. The story talks about his strength as a kid and his love of weightlifting, and then his introduction to the Strongman competition.
This picture book is about Rob Kearney, the world’s first and (at least for now) only openly gay professional strongman. Strong written by Rob Kearney and Eric Rosswood, illustrated by Nidhi Chanani The artwork is cute, from the dinosaur-like kaiju to the tiny citizens who look a bit like the Pillsbury dough-boy. Eventually, though, Anzu learns that this is who he wants to be, whether his family likes it or not-and his family learns to see the value in his way of striking at the heart of his city. Although his family tries to teach him how to bring destruction and unleash havoc on his city, Anzu rains seeds and flowers and causes plants to grow, and his city is actually filled with joy. Many of the stories are about how it’s difficult at first to fit in-but then the characters learn how standing out can be a joy, too.Īnzu is a young kaiju, but his superpower is … flowers. Today’s picture books are about characters who stand out a bit in some way, whether it’s because they’re new to a place or because they don’t behave the way everyone expects them to. But as my office space is getting taken over by stacks and boxes of books, I thought I’d better start getting through these a bit more quickly! She still ends up reading picture books on her own, but I’ve found that I can no longer keep up and often can’t keep up with everything she’s read. My stacks of picture books have been piling up-in part because, as my youngest child got older, we read fewer picture books together and have moved to chapter books.
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