Reviews

Celebrate You! by Sherri Duskey Rinker

lupuslibrorum's review

2.0

An extended sappy Hallmark card trying to give kids confidence by telling them they are nearly perfect. Now I’m totally behind an adult saying the things in this book to a specific child that they know, because that means you can adapt the compliments to the reality of the child. And a smart adult can certainly use the book this way...but then, a smart adult wouldn’t need this book to help them say those things, would they?

However, thinking of myself when I was a little one, a possible danger is that a kid who pays attention to the message may just as easily become egotistical if they believe it, or depressed if they realize that they don’t live up to the “unstoppable” “witty” “humble” “strong”, etc. kid the book describes. The book means well but I don’t think its method is a good way to achieve its goals.

The pictures are cute, though.

readingthroughtheages's review

4.0

A good read for the end of the school year or for a graduation gift.

agudenburr's review

4.0

This is a warm fuzzy book that celebrates the reader's accomplishments. It would make a good graduation gift.

wordnerd153's review

3.0

Cute celebration of a young penguin's life and all its accomplished. Reads like a graduation gift, although I don't think high schoolers or college students would connect to it.

mmattmiller's review

2.0

Cute new book that will be on the list of books to gift at a graduation... I just felt the rhythm/rhymes weren't always even and tripped me up a bit.

librarianryan's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

 

This book is nice, but typical.  The rhyming and cadence are there, and the illustrations are fun.  The message is that you are you, and deserved to be celebrated.  

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