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Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You

Sonia Sotomayor

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 beauti...

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Strict Scrutiny

This was described as a true children's book by Justice Sotomayor, sharing a story about children facing physical or cognitive challenges and encouraging acceptance by asking others about their issues. The speaker mentioned attending a book party and reading where their son asked if there were snakes in the book.

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This time it's a children's book. So she's had a couple of other books before. My Beloved World, which is her memoir, which then subsequently reframed for a younger reader audience. But this is truly...

— Episode: Eat Your Spinach

Episode: Eat Your Spinach

This was described as a true children's book by Justice Sotomayor, sharing a story about children facing physical or cognitive challenges and encouraging acceptance by asking others about their issues. The speaker mentioned attending a book party and reading where their son asked if there were snakes in the book.

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This time it's a children's book. So she's had a couple of other books before. My Beloved World, which is her memoir, which then subsequently reframed for a younger reader audience. But this is truly a children's book. It's called Just Ask, Be Different, Be Brave, Be You.

To which she definitively answered, there are no snakes in this book, which disappointed my son, who later confided that all of the best books have snakes in them. Harry Potter, The Bible, all of them.

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