Just Shine!: How to Be a Better You

(Hardback)

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There once was a little girl who grew up in Puerto Rico with an incredible ability - she was able to make everyone around her shine. She listened, she understood, she worked hard, and she brought out the beauty in each person she met. In a story inspired by her mothers ability to help people see their own brilliance, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shows readers how helping others shine makes the whole world brighter. With art by award-winning illustrator Jacqueline Alcntara, Just Shine will help readers find their own inner glow - and recognise that glow in those around them.

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"This is a timely reminder that a remarkable sense of community can emerge through ordinary means. Alcntaras dreamy, ornate marker-and-gouache artwork emphasizes the beauty of kindness. A thoughtful primer on the transformative power of goodness." Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to serve in this position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.

Jacqueline Alcntara is a freelance illustrator and artist who spends her days drawing, writing, and globe-trotting with her dog, Possum. She is particularly excited about promoting inclusiveness and diversity in childrens literature and the illustration field in general. Her debut picture book, The Field, written by Baptiste Paul, was named aBest Book of 2018by School Library Journal, Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, and Shelf Awareness. Freedom Soup, written by Tami Charles, has been named a Kids IndieNext Pick and a Kirkus Best Book of 2019, and has received four starred reviews!Jacqueline lives in Detroit, Michigan. You can visit her online at JacquelineAlcantara.com, on X at @_Jacqueline_Ill or on Instagram at @_Jacqueline_Alcantara.