The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be

It wants to be a story about celebrating our differences, our individuality, but I can't get past all the slant rhymes and how the illustrator repeatedly demonstrates an absolute ignorance of how hot-air balloons work.

While this book did remind me of "Oh the Places You'll Go" (AKA perfect for a graduating gift, new baby, etc.), it was better than I expected. Once again, I was worried because, you know, that whole celebrity written thing.

But the illustrations are lovely and the book made me smile.

This book is perfect for younger kids, and it shares a wonderful message about uniqueness. I love how the author shares this message by showing how the children work together using their strengths to make hot air balloons. Some of the children prefer to work by themselves and others like to talk and share their ideas. This is a great way to introduce the idea of how some people are more extroverted and others are more introverted. I thought this was a clever and colorful way to show that!

This book is fine. The illustrations are soft and dreamlike and while the story does rhyme and does have a cadence, that cadence is soft in areas. The story’s about how everyone’s different and that is perfectly OK because everyone is who they were made to be. I like the message in this book and overall it works well. But to me it’s only so so.

This book is an inspirational book filled with beautiful, mellow illustrations. This story is about how we all bring our own unique selves to the world and how that is a beautiful thing. We work, learn, think in different ways but we can all be kind and work with others in a productive way.

Great book for any subject with a good message for students. Mostly for younger grade levels like 1st to 2nd. There is a diversity of backgrounds and cultures which is perfect to show your students because you probably have a diverse group of students in your classroom. There is a great message of individuality and how students may do things differently but we are all important.

Primary; Fiction; This story talks about the importance of each child's own strengths and differences. In describing how we are all made differently, she describes how the we all work together to make the world beautiful through a story of children working on making hot air balloons. Great for a read aloud book!