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We're All Wonders
by R.J. Palacio
slow-paced
I don't normally read/review/record picture books, but as this is part of the Wonder collection, which I've hit this month, I figured I'd include it too. While the ebook was available from the library, and I could check it out ... I couldn't figure out how to actually open it. I ended up getting the hardcover from the library for my read through. I noticed this was an audiobook too ... but seriously? It's three minutes long! The little voice narrating it WAS great though.
Aimed (obviously) at younger readers, this is a younger Auggie, who hasn't yet gone through everything he will in the Wonder story. I'd say this is about Kindergarten age? Super quick and simple, it's a little lesson I wonder if Auggie has really learned yet (basically "I can't change how I look, but maybe I can change how people see me" ... and "we're all wonders" ...
I must admit, I struggle with the "we're ALL ..." mentality. Whenever I see one of those quotes that are supposed to be affirming and uplifting "you are enough, you are wonderful" ... if they are just floating out there, and apply to EVERY SINGLE PERSON ... then anything special about it is gone. If we are ALL wonders, then being a wonder is ordinary. I do realize the point, perhaps we're all wonders in different ways, but still, it just leaves me feeling generic and UNspecial. Just like growing up LDS ... "I am a child of God" ... just like every single other person who is on Earth, who has ever lived or will live ... so basically you could say "I am a homosapien" and the underlying meaning is the same.
Still a little unsure about the "one eye" association with Wonder (original artwork) ... I did some Googling and all I could find was that it was representing a difference while leaving it to the imagination.
I don't know that THIS book could really stand on its own without a background from the original story (I could be wrong ... maybe littles love this who haven't heard of the main book). As an adult, I think I only liked it because of the association, otherwise it just would have been a little weird.
Aimed (obviously) at younger readers, this is a younger Auggie, who hasn't yet gone through everything he will in the Wonder story. I'd say this is about Kindergarten age? Super quick and simple, it's a little lesson I wonder if Auggie has really learned yet (basically "I can't change how I look, but maybe I can change how people see me" ... and "we're all wonders" ...
I must admit, I struggle with the "we're ALL ..." mentality. Whenever I see one of those quotes that are supposed to be affirming and uplifting "you are enough, you are wonderful" ... if they are just floating out there, and apply to EVERY SINGLE PERSON ... then anything special about it is gone. If we are ALL wonders, then being a wonder is ordinary. I do realize the point, perhaps we're all wonders in different ways, but still, it just leaves me feeling generic and UNspecial. Just like growing up LDS ... "I am a child of God" ... just like every single other person who is on Earth, who has ever lived or will live ... so basically you could say "I am a homosapien" and the underlying meaning is the same.
Still a little unsure about the "one eye" association with Wonder (original artwork) ... I did some Googling and all I could find was that it was representing a difference while leaving it to the imagination.
I don't know that THIS book could really stand on its own without a background from the original story (I could be wrong ... maybe littles love this who haven't heard of the main book). As an adult, I think I only liked it because of the association, otherwise it just would have been a little weird.