Así Soy Yo - by Helena Harastova (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Descubre la autoaceptación, la comprensión, la individualidad y el crecimiento a través de diez historias únicas.

¡Conoce a diez niños increíbles, cada uno con su propia personalidad y fortalezas extraordinarias! Este cautivador libro utiliza encantadoras historias para explorar sentimientos y rasgos importantes, ayudando a los jóvenes lectores a entenderse mejor a sí mismos y a los demás.

Desde el valor de Olivia hasta la empatía de Tina y la atención de Daniel, descubrirás cómo las distintas cualidades de cada persona hacen del mundo un lugar más rico y diverso. ¡Estas historias inspiran conversaciones significativas sobre ser uno mismo, comprender las emociones y celebrar lo que hace especial a cada quien!

• Explora el aprendizaje socioemocional (SEL): Historias atractivas que ayudan a los niños a comprender los sentimientos, la empatía y la autoconciencia.


• Conoce a diez personajes únicos: Descubre personalidades diversas y aprende sobre rasgos como la impulsividad, la valentía, la sensibilidad, la rebeldía, la energía, la reflexión, la charla, la perseverancia, la timidez, la terquedad, la percepción y muchos más.


• Celebra la individualidad: Motiva a los niños a aceptar sus propias cualidades únicas y a apreciar las diferencias en los demás.


• Fomenta la autoaceptación y la confianza: Ayuda a los jóvenes lectores a reconocer sus fortalezas y sentirse bien consigo mismos.


• Desarrolla empatía y comprensión: Promueve la amabilidad y el respeto por las diferentes formas en que las personas piensan y sienten.


• Ideal para edades de 6 a 9 años: Historias y personajes con los que los niños pueden identificarse, haciendo que los conceptos de SEL sean accesibles y divertidos.


• Inspira conversaciones significativas: Perfecto para hablar sobre identidad y aceptación en casa, en el aula o en la biblioteca.


• Promueve el crecimiento personal: Invita a la autorreflexión y a una comprensión positiva de uno mismo y de los demás.

Durante más de 75 años, Albatros Media ha creado libros infantiles originales e innovadores que son tanto educativos como divertidos, despertando la curiosidad y el deseo de aprender en los más pequeños. Ofrecemos libros de la más alta calidad: desde libros interactivos, ilustrados, desplegables y de actividades, hasta libros de no ficción y cuentos clásicos.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Discover Self-Acceptance, Understanding, Individuality and Growth Through Ten Unique Stories.

Meet ten amazing kids, each with their own unique personality and incredible strengths! This engaging book uses delightful stories to explore important feelings and traits, helping young readers understand themselves and others better. From Olivia's courage to Tina's thoughtfulness and Daniel's carefulness, you'll see how everyone's different qualities make the world a richer place. These stories spark important conversations about being yourself, understanding your emotions, and celebrating what makes everyone special!

• Explore Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Engaging stories help kids understand feelings, empathy, and self-awareness.


• Meet Ten Unique Characters: Discover diverse personalities and learn about traits like hastiness, bravery, oversensitivity, unruliness, energetic, thoughtfulness, talkative, perseverance, shyness, argumentative, communicative, stubbornness, perceptiveness, and more!


• Celebrate Individuality: Encourages kids to embrace their own unique qualities and appreciate the differences in others.


• Build Self-Acceptance and Confidence: Helps young readers recognize their own strengths and feel good about who they are.


• Foster Empathy and Understanding: Promotes kindness and appreciation for the diverse ways people think and feel.


• Great for Ages 6-9: Relatable stories and characters make SEL concepts accessible and engaging for young readers.


• Spark Meaningful Conversations: Ideal for discussions at home, in the classroom, or in libraries about identity and acceptance.


• Promotes Personal Growth: Encourages self-reflection and a positive understanding of oneself and others.

For over 75 years, Albatros Media has been crafting original and innovative children's books that are both playful and educational, fostering curiosity and a thirst for knowledge in young minds. We deliver the highest quality children's books from novelty, picture, pop-up, and how-to books, to non-fiction, and fairy tale books.

Review Quotes

"Gr 1-3-This unique nonfiction picture book takes a wonderful approach to discussing different characteristics and personalities people may have, and how emotional responses to situations are shaped by their experiences. Differences between characteristics, skills, and emotions are defined, and spreads are dedicated to different facets of personality such as being impulsive, empathetic, and timid. Several examples for each are given, along with what distinguishes them and some benefits and downsides of having them. In one spread, Manuela is shown as often daydreaming and not really paying attention due to having a great imagination. While this may result in lack of focus at times, it can also lead to creation, such as the inventions Manuela's father creates. Readers may see reflections of themselves in some of the characters and will come to understand why some individuals may be one way or another, as the book does a wonderful job of showing people's behavior in different situations. Illustrations are colorful, detailed, and eye-catching and present different people in a variety of settings. The Spanish text is clear and comforting, explaining behaviors well and offering supporting words and encouragement to readers who may want to overcome certain characteristics such as timidity, as well as offering advice that helps readers become more understanding. ¬VERDICT A wonderful way to discuss behavior and personality traits with younger readers, this informative Spanish title is an excellent addition to school and public libraries." --Selenia Paz, School Library Journal, Starred Review

"Harastová offers an overview of different personality traits in this extended social-emotional reference. An opening chapter offers key definitions (of characteristic, ability, emotion) while establishing the book's live-and-let-live tone: "Everybody's different!" The 10 chapters that follow each center on fictional children ("This is Fatimah") and two characteristics ("Sometimes Fatimah is unruly"/ "Sometimes Fatimah is energetic"). Sidebars further clarify the nature of the traits while gently describing some of their positive and negative effects. Text boxes prompt reflection with the goal of self-awareness ("How do you know you're being unruly?"). Contextualizing examples occasionally veer into stereotype ("Two chatty ladies were babbling") and pearl-clutching (about a child desiring cake for dinner: "Just imagine what might have happened if she had succeeded!"). Elsewhere, though, there's a subtlety to the pairings' distinctions (shyness and thoughtfulness, stubbornness and perseverance), which are illustrated in painterly depictions by Kobern that include figures portrayed with various abilities and skin tones. Ages 6-9." --Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Helena Harastova es escritora, traductora y madre. Es licenciada en Dramaturgia por la Academia Janacek de Música y Artes Escénicas, y anteriormente trabajó para el Teatro Nacional de Brno (República Checa). Su pasatiempo más inusual es corregir textos en busca de errores ortográficos, gramaticales y de estilo.

Ana Kobern (actualmente conocida como Nastka Lisova) es una ilustradora de libros infantiles apasionada de la acuarela y el dibujo digital a mano. Desde el 2024 ha publicado sus libros bajo el nombre Nastka Lisova. Como madre de dos hijos y amante de la exploración, los deportes, el baile y la música, crea libros atractivos para los jóvenes lectores que celebran la belleza y la diversidad del mundo a la vez que les ayudan a comprender sus sentimientos. Sus ilustraciones presentan paletas de colores vibrantes, elementos detallados y personajes encantadores, que a menudo reflejan experiencias de la vida real. Vive en una pequeña ciudad de Ucrania.

Helena Harastova is a writer, translator, and mother. She graduated in Dramaturgy from the Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts, having previously worked for the National Theatre in Brno, Czech Republic. Her most unusual pastime is proofreading texts for errors in spelling, grammar, and style.

Ana Kobern (currently known as Nastka Lisova) is a children's book illustrator who is passionate about watercolor and digital hand-drawn art. Since 2024, she has been publishing under her new name, Nastka Lisova. As a mother of two and a lover of exploration, sports, dance, and music, she creates engaging books for young readers that celebrate the beauty and diversity of the world while helping them understand their feelings. Her illustrations feature vibrant color palettes, detailed elements, and charming characters, often reflecting real-life experiences. She lives in a small town in Ukraine.