I'm
Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and winsome illustrator Laura Cornell continue
their successful collaboration (Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little,
et al.) with this paean to poise and self-assurance, I'm Gonna Like Me.
The duo sets out to "let off a little self-esteem" by following a seriously
self-actualized (and gratifyingly quirky) boy and girl throughout their
day on alternating pages. The kids take turns carrying the lines, often
switching off midsentence, to describe exactly how and why "I'm gonna like
me." (Girl: "I'm gonna like me / when I'm called on to stand. / I know
all my letters / like the back of my hand." Boy: "I'm gonna like me / when
my
answer is wrong, / like thinking my ruler / was ten inches long.") The
call and response continues through the action-packed day, as the kids
get up, go to school, have lunch, go to a birthday party, etc., until they
finally get tucked in--so no opportunity for building self-esteem gets
overlooked.
Young readers will like Curtis's words and the rhythmic repetition,
but it's Cornell's scribbling, reminiscent of the New Yorker's Roz Chast,
that makes the book stand out. From an imagined fashion-show runway walk
(love that snooty fashion press) to a hilarious lunch table spread (got
to get some of that "Cup o' Lettuce" and "Pork by the Foot" for your Doris
Day lunch box), Cornell fills the book with funny faces and lots of laughs
(the best of which might be the girl's pet turtle working out in a cage
with a treadmill, next to a book titled "Exercising Your Illegal Turtle").
(Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes - Amazon.com
(Hardcover - September 2002)
Tell
Me Again About the Night I Was Born
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Ages 3-6
Hardcover: 32 pages
HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 0694012157; Board
edition (June 1999)
Where
Do Balloons Go? An Uplifting Mystery
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
Anyone who has ever let go of a balloon string and watched the bright
object go up and up and out of sight will appreciate this whimsical picture
book that ponders the age-old question Where Do Balloons Go? This "uplifting
mystery"--examined in singsong rhyme by Jamie Lee Curtis and playfully
explored with Roz Chast-like illustrations by Laura Cornell--is a new offering
from the team behind Today I Feel Silly, When I Was Little, and Tell Me
Again About the Night I Was Born.
Where do they go
when they float far away?
Do they ever catch cold
and need somewhere to stay?
"Do they tango with airplanes? / Or cha-cha with birds? / Can plain balloons
read / balloons printed with words?" Cornell's splashy colorful spreads
(one which folds out to four full pages) pop with plenty of witty details.
One balloon, for example, waits nervously with a suitcase outside the Bates
Motel. In a balloon-ridden urban scenario, advertisements promote balloon-friendly
services such as "The Detanglers, professionals since 1934." This exuberant
book will have you half-believing that balloons are people, too. A page
of vinyl reusable stickers in the back can be used on the sky-and-cloud
wash on the front endpaper, or the space-scape (complete with comets) on
the back endpaper. Next time your child's balloon drifts away, it'll be
much easier for him or her to imagine it dancing in Bolivia than caught
up in phone wires! (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 36 pages
HarperCollins Children's Books; ISBN: 006027980X; (August
29, 2000)
The
Jamie Lee Curtis Audio Collection [ABRIDGED]
by Jamie Lee Curtis (Reader) (Audio Cassette - September 2002)
When
I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
(Paperback - September 1995)
There Really Was a Hollywood
by Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis
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The
Sisters Rosensweig -- starring Jamie Lee Curtis, JoBeth Williams, Tony
Roberts, and Caroline Aaron (Audio Theatre Series) [UNABRIDGED]
by Wendy Wasserstein, et al (Audio Cassette)
Cuentame
Otra Vez LA Noche Que Naci
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
(Hardcover - June 1999)
It
Only Takes a Second: Preventing Childhood Traumatic Injuries
by Jamie Lee Curtis, et al
(Paperback)
Today
I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
by Jamie Lee Curtis, Laura Cornell (Illustrator)
(Hardcover)
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