Synopses & Reviews
Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you. Like the duo's first New York Times best-seller, Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, this is an inspired book to rejoice in and share. I'm Gonna Like Me will have kids letting off some self-esteem in no time!
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"Though the message is both catchy and effective...it's Cornell's humorous, detailed, ink-and-watercolor illustrations that give this volume true pizzazz. She hits just the right note of fear-tinged bravura with the characters' vividly imagined antics." Publishers Weekly
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"The text walks a thin line between positive and saccharine, but...the overall message is a good one....Characters' faces are wonderfully expressive and subtle details tucked into each painting will entertain watchful readers." Kirkus Reviews
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"Although the rhymes are sometimes forced and constructions awkward...Cornell's ever-exuberant illustrations fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Dozens of tiny, comical details...enliven the message-heavy book." Karin Snelson, Booklist
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"The heavily detailed pictures have hidden humor that will be much more entertaining to adults than to children, such as the titles of the books scattered around the children's room." School Library Journal
Synopsis
From the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, creators of Today I Feel Silly and Where Do Balloons Go?, comes I'm Gonna Like Me, a funny and moving celebration of self-esteem and loving the skin you're in.
Celebrate liking yourself Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you.
A book to rejoice in and share, I'm Gonna Like Me will have kids letting off some self-esteem in no time
About the Author
Jamie Lee Curtis is a critically-acclaimed and best-selling author. Her most recent book,
Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day enjoyed an extraordinary nine weeks on the
New York Times best-seller list. It has sold over 750,000 copies to date. Other best-selling titles include
Tell Me Again About The Night I Was Born And
When I Was Little: A Four-Year Old?s Memoir Of Her Youth. All of Curtis? picture books have been illustrated by the acclaimed artist, Laura Cornell. Her fourth book,
Where Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery will be published in September 2000.
Curtis has demonstrated her versatility as a film actress with starring roles in such acclaimed films as the blockbuster True Lies opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, for which she earned a Golden Globe Award, and Trading Places with Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd for which she earned a British Film Academy award for Best Supporting Actress. Most recently Jamie starred in Halloween: H2O, which was the 20 year sequel to Halloween, ?the now classic film which first brought her to the attention of audiences worldwide. Other memorable leading film role performances include A Fish Called Wanda, Fierce Creatures, Virus, Dominick And Eugene, Blue Steel, My Girl, My Girl Ii, Forever Young, Mother?s Boys, House Arrest and Love Letters.
In television, Curtis co-starred opposite Richard Lewis in the acclaimed sitcom Anything But Love which earned her both a Golden Globe and People?s Choice Award, as well as TNT?s adaptation of the Wendy Wasserstein play The Heidi Chronicles which also earned her a Golden Globe nomination. More recently, Jamie starred in the CBS telefilm Nicholas? Gift for which she received an Emmy nomination.
Curtis began her Hollywood career in 1977 when she signed on as a contract player with Universal Studios. She was a regular on the television series Operation Petticoat when she was cast in Halloween. That role lead to subsequent roles in Prom Night, Terror Train and The Fog.
Jamie Lee Curtis is the mother of Annie and Thomas. She has been married for 16 years to actor/director Christopher Guest.