I Am Enough

2018, Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins

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Grace Byers

Byers (1984 - ) is an actress primarily known for her role as Anika Calhous in the Fox music industry drama, Empire. Byers was bullied as a child because both of her parents are deaf. She wrote I Am Enough  and I Believe I Can to empower children to believe in their limitless potential.

Keturah A. Bobo

Bobo began illustrating board games in 2013 for her brother's game, Black Card Revoked, and is now the lead illustrator for Cards for All People. She grew up and was homeschooled in Toledo, Ohio and graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design.

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Book Synopsis

I Am Enough is a rhyming picture book about a brown-skinned little girl in an inclusive world of girls who wear glasses, use a wheelchair, wear a head scarf or have a big Afro unconditionally accept one another. The illustrations are bold and visually stunning -- an ode to all the activities young girls love.

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Picture book, 32 pages. A pro-girl book about acceptance of self and others through rhyme and outstanding illustrations.

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Learning Options

Family Read Aloud Time
I Am Enough is more of a look-aloud than read-aloud book. Girls will love seeing themselves reflected in diverse ways.

Classroom Resource
Reading is Resistance -- based in North Portland -- offers a developmentally appropriate and simple guided reading anti-bias/anti-racist lesson plan for Kindergarten and primary grades based on I Am Enough with additional reading suggestions.

Learning at Home
Education is based in values. Teaching children to value equality requires clear instruction on diverse cultures -- your own and many others. And it's important to begin this work by

• modeling culturally responsive behavior,
  
• choosing learning resources that are inclusive of other cultures, and
  
• actively teaching empathy.
  

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