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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a fun and meaningful story about making the world--and your community--better, one action at a time, that asks the question: Who will you help today? Every night when Sonia goes to bed, Mami asks her the same question: How did you help today? And since Sonia wants to help her community, just like her Mami does, she always makes sure she has a good answer to Mami's question. In a story inspired by her own family's desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young readers on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and strangers all help one another to build a better world for themselves and their community. With art by award-winning illustrator Angela Dominguez, this book shows how we can all help make the world a better place each and every day. Praise for Just Help!: "Generosity proves contagious in this personal portrait of community service by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor." --Publishers Weekly "For use in civics units or in lessons on being a good neighbor, this provides wonderful encouragement to show that children can help in big and small ways." --School Library Journal
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United
States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant
American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by
a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing
project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring
testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of
believing in oneself.
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 beautiful and enjoyable, different types of people make our world more vibrant and wonderful. In Just Ask, United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor celebrates the different abilities kids (and people of all ages) have. Using her own experience as a child who was diagnosed with diabetes, Justice Sotomayor writes about children with all sorts of challenges - and looks at the special powers those kids have as well. As the kids work together to build a community garden, asking questions of each other along the way, this book encourages readers to do the same: When we come across someone who is different from us but we're not sure why, all we have to do is Just Ask.
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United
States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant
American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by
a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing
project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring
testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of
believing in oneself.
Al ser la primera mujer latina en ser jueza del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, Sonia Sotomayor es una inspiracion para los jovenes de todas las partes del mundo en la lucha por lograr sus suenos. Pero ?que la inspiro a ella? Para la joven Sonia, la respuesta es: !los libros! Eran su espejo, sus mapas, sus amigos y sus maestros. Los libros la ayudaron a conectar con su familia en Nueva York y en Puerto Rico, a aceptar y entender el diagnostico de su diabetes, a hacer frente a la muerte de su padre, a descubrir los secretos del mundo y a sonar con un futuro en el que todo es posible. En Pasando paginas, Sonia Sotomayor comparte su amor por los libros con una nueva generacion de lectores, estimulandolos a leer, a maravillarse y a realizar sus suenos. Acompanada del arte vibrante de Lulu Delacre, la historia de la vida de Sonia Sotomayor muestra a los lectores que el mundo esta lleno de promesas y posibilidades; lo unico que necesitan es pasar la pagina.
Sonia y sus amigos siembran un jardin, y cada uno contribuye a su manera. Rafael tiene asma y a veces debe mantener la calma para poder respirar mejor, lo que le permite pintar bellas rocas para el jardin. Anthony utiliza una silla de ruedas para moverse rapidamente y dirigir al grupo. Anh tartamudea al hablar y prefiere escuchar. Por eso sabe como sembrar cada flor. Todos los amigos son diferentes, pero todos tienen algo en comun: !les gusta hacer preguntas y saber mas acerca de sus companeros! En esta tierna historia que refleja la diversidad, escrita por Sonia Sotomayor, juez del Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos, e inspirada en su propia experiencia tras diagnosticarle diabetes durante su infancia, los lectores descubriran como los ninos de esta historia utilizan sus habilidades y fortalezas para trabajar juntos y aprender los unos de los otros. Con vibrantes y llamativas ilustraciones del galardonado artista Rafael Lopez, este libro nos demuestra que las diferencias son maravillosas, y que si en alguna ocasion no entiendes algo, no debes quedarte callado, !SOLO PREGUNTA!
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. Here is the story of a precarious childhood, with an alcoholic father (who would die when she was nine) and a devoted but overburdened mother, and of the refuge a little girl took from the turmoil at home with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. But it was when she was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes that the precocious Sonia recognized she must ultimately depend on herself. She would learn to give herself the insulin shots she needed to survive and soon imagined a path to a different life.
Over the last century, international law, once reserved for arcane
matters of diplomacy and trade, has come to encompass a broad range
of human experience and activity. In the wake of major historical
developments, the nations of the world have created a new set of
legal institutions designed to resolve disputes between global
actors, to settle conflicts that might otherwise play out on the
battlefield, and to offer the promise of justice to those who
cannot find it within their own countries. The success of these
institutions rests ultimately on the shoulders of just over 200 men
and women who serve in a role unheard of less than a hundred years
ago: the international judge.
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