I Believe I Can by Grace Byers, Keturah A. Bobo
Published by Balzer + Bray on March 3, 2020
ISBN: 0062667130
Pages: 32
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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This book reminded me much to a book that I read in the 1980s to my own children, but the title eludes me. That said, there is nothing new here in that it features kids using cardboard boxes to feed their imagination, plant gardens, bake a cake (epic failure), and failure to stop a soccer ball. However, the illustrations shine by the inclusion of children with varying abilities, religions, genders, body types, and racial features. It’s hard to argue with the sentiment of empowerment and self-acceptance, but text is mostly clichés and uninspiring.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library