Justice Sonia Sotomayor and award-winning artist Rafael López create a kind and affectionate book about the differences that make us unique. A bestseller

number 1 of the New York Times

! Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award!

Feeling different, especially as a child, can be difficult. But in the same way that different types of plants and flowers make a garden more beautiful and pleasant, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful.

In Just Ask, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities that children (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all kinds of challenges, and also examines the special powers that those children have. As the children work together to build a community garden, asking each other questions along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we meet someone who is different from us but we are not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask.

Age range: 4-8 years