Somos como somos / A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid

Somos como somos / A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid

Series: Who We Are
Written by: O'Leary, Sara
Illustrated by: Leng, Qin
Translated by: Ràfols-Sagués, Elisabet
ages 3 to 6 / grades P to 1

In the Spanish-language edition of the bestselling A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid, a group of kids share the silly questions they always hear, as well as the questions they would rather be asked about themselves.

¿Qué pasa cuando compartes las preguntas tontas que siempre te hacen, como también las preguntas que preferirías que te hicieran?

Preseleccionado para el TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

y el Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

"Este libro es un excelente complemento del exitoso título publicado previamente en esta serie y, al mismo tiempo, una obra independiente que nos recuerda que, si hacemos buenas preguntas, la infancia es capaz de compartir grandes ideas”.Quill & Quire, reseña estelar

“Una celebración de la diversidad y la inclusión”. — Booklist

“Con un espíritu unánime de inclusión en sus páginas, el cuento anima a los lectores a

repensar el primer encuentro con otras personas”. Horn Book


Key Text Features

illustrations


Correlates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3

With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6

With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7

With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.6

Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

In the Spanish-language edition of the bestselling A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid, a group of kids share the silly questions they always hear, as well as the questions they would rather be asked about themselves.

¿Qué pasa cuando compartes las preguntas tontas que siempre te hacen, como también las preguntas que preferirías que te hicieran?

Preseleccionado para el TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award

y el Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award

"Este libro es un excelente complemento del exitoso título publicado previamente en esta serie y, al mismo tiempo, una obra independiente que nos recuerda que, si hacemos buenas preguntas, la infancia es capaz de compartir grandes ideas”.Quill & Quire, reseña estelar

“Una celebración de la diversidad y la inclusión”. — Booklist

“Con un espíritu unánime de inclusión en sus páginas, el cuento anima a los lectores a

repensar el primer encuentro con otras personas”. Horn Book


Key Text Features

illustrations


Correlates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.1

With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.3

With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4

Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.6

With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.7

With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the story in which they appear (e.g., what moment in a story an illustration depicts).

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.1

Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.6

Identify who is telling the story at various points in a text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.7

Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

Published By Groundwood Books Ltd — May 4, 2027
Specifications 32 pages | 8.5 in x 10 in
Written By

SARA O'LEARY's notable picture books include A Family Is a Family Is a Family (USBBY Outstanding International Books, Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year), A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid (TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist) and A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend in the Who We Are trilogy, illustrated by Qin Leng. Sara has won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in recognition of an exceptional body of work. She lives in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Illustrated by

QIN LENG is a highly acclaimed illustrator and author of picture books and graphic novels. Her art appears in the award-winning Who We Are trilogy by Sara O’Leary; Trèfle by Nadine Robert (Governor General’s Literary Award); Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki (Asian/ Pacific American Award for Literature, Governor General’s Literary Award finalist); and When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist); among others. Qin lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Written By

SARA O'LEARY's notable picture books include A Family Is a Family Is a Family (USBBY Outstanding International Books, Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year), A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid (TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award finalist) and A Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend in the Who We Are trilogy, illustrated by Qin Leng. Sara has won the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People in recognition of an exceptional body of work. She lives in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia.

Illustrated by

QIN LENG is a highly acclaimed illustrator and author of picture books and graphic novels. Her art appears in the award-winning Who We Are trilogy by Sara O’Leary; Trèfle by Nadine Robert (Governor General’s Literary Award); Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki (Asian/ Pacific American Award for Literature, Governor General’s Literary Award finalist); and When I Found Grandma by Saumiya Balasubramaniam (Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award finalist); among others. Qin lives in Toronto, Ontario.