Review
"Useful for establishing group norms and celebrating the individuals that make up a community, this title features delightful illustrations that bring the text to life and will be particularly handy in school settings. Recommended." -- School Library Journal
Product Description
A reassuring picture book celebrating all of us, perfect for trying times.
Everybody! is a touching and funny exploration of empathy and unity -- featuring Elise Gravel's signature quirky and funny monsters!
Everybody is unique and different. But we are all more similar than we think. Just like you: Everybody has fears. Everybody has moments of joy... and moments of sadness. Everybody makes mistakes... and can fix them.
Young readers will enjoy all the different sizes, shapes, and colors of the monsters in Everybody!, and realize that, in the end, we are all the same.
From School Library Journal
Gr 1–3—Gravel ("Arlo and Pips" graphic novel series) celebrates simultaneously our individuality and commonality. Using alienlike creatures of all shapes and sizes in the illustrations, the text highlights the experiences and emotions everyone shares. "Everybody has fears," is the caption at the foot of the bed. A monster on top stares down with worry at the monster under the bed. "Everybody struggles sometimes" is on a spread featuring a character building with blocks a structure that is on the verge of collapse. In the end readers are reminded, "We are each unique, but we have so much in common." This title would make an excellent discussion prompt at the beginning of the school day, or any time throughout the year when the group needs to be reminded that no one person is more special than anyone else. VERDICT Useful for establishing group norms and celebrating the individuals that make up a community, this title features delightful illustrations that bring the text to life and will be particularly handy in school settings. Recommended.—John Scott
About the Author
ELISE GRAVEL has won a Governor General's Award for illustration, the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, the Rights and Freedoms Award from the Quebec Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse, two Applied Arts Awards and a Grafika Award. She also was short-listed for Mr. Christie's Book Award. She has written and illustrated over 30 books for children in both French and English including Not Me (Pas moi), Everybody! (Tout le monde! and It's My Body! (C'est mon corps!). Elise lives in Montreal, Quebec.
