Just Help!, Sonia Sotomayor
Just Help!, Sonia Sotomayor
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Just Help!
How to Build a Better World

Author: Sonia Sotomayor

Narrator: Kerry Washington, Sonia Sotomayor

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/25/2022


Synopsis

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a fun and meaningful story about making the world--and your community--better, one action at a time, that asks the question: Who will you help today?

Every night when Sonia goes to bed, Mami asks her the same question: How did you help today? And since Sonia wants to help her community, just like her Mami does, she always makes sure she has a good answer to Mami's question.

In a story inspired by her own family's desire to help others, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes young listeners on a journey through a neighborhood where kids and adults, activists and bus drivers, friends and strangers all help one another to build a better world for themselves and their community.

This audiobook shows how we can all help make the world a better place each and every day.
 
Praise for Just Help!:
 
"Generosity proves contagious in this personal portrait of community service by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor." --Publishers Weekly

About The Author

Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina to ever hold such a high position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.  Angela Dominguez (angeladominguezbooks.com) was born in Mexico City and grew up in the great state of Texas. She is also the author and illustrator of several books for children and a two-time recipient of Pura Belpré Illustration Honor. Her debut middle grade novel, Stella Díaz Has Something To Say, was a New York Public Library and a Chicago Public Library 2018 pick for Best Books for Kids, Sid Fleischman Award winner, and an ALA Notable. When Angela is not in her studio or visiting schools, she teaches at the Academy of Art University, which honored her with their Distinguished Alumni Award in 2013. You can follow Angela on Twitter @andominguez and on Instagram @andominguezzzz.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jon

Wonderful book about civic engagement by Justice Sotomayor. The 'ripple effect' of small acts of community involvement is written in an easy to understand way so that small children will be motivated to become more engaged in helping to better their their neighborhood by becoming involved in issues......more

Goodreads review by donna

You might think this is just another book reminding kids to help out, but it is so much more. This book weaves together a whole community as they each help each other and pay the help forward. Just Help!: How to Build a Better World is truly inspiring, and will certainly light a bulb of social respo......more

Goodreads review by Lynn

Loved this book inspired by Sonia Sotomayor’s mother who asked her daughter nightly, “How did you help today? Lots of good ways for kids to build a better world and cute relatable pictures for ages 4 to 12.......more

Goodreads review by Emily

A little disappointing since I loved Just Ask and I'm also a big fan of Angela Dominguez. The story shows the domino effect when Sonia wants to have a good answer to her mother's daily question, "How did you help today?" and her act inspires a classmate. It's a good concept, but a little wordy and g......more

“Every day, you can make a difference by helping someone. Each time you do, you become part of something bigger than yourself.” SONIA SOTOMAYOR "Just Help! How to Build a Better World” is a children’s picture book authored by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The story centers around a young gi......more


Quotes

Praise for Just Help!:

"Generosity proves contagious in this personal portrait of community service by Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor." --Publishers Weekly

"For use in civics units or in lessons on being a good neighbor, this provides wonderful encouragement to show that children can help in big and small ways." --School Library Journal