Whoever You Are / Quienquiera que seas - Fox, Mem. Illustrated by Leslie Staub. Translated by F. Isabel Campoy and Alma Flor Ada. Harcourt, 2007. Unp. $6.95, board book. ISBN-10: 0-15-205891-5. ISBN-13: 978-0-15-205891-3. 305.8 Ethnicity—Juvenile literature. Individual differences—Juvenile literature.

Little one, whoever you are, wherever you are, there are little ones just like you all over the world. So begins a charming board book by Mem Fox.

The original 1997 story is presented as a bilingual (English/Spanish) board book with color-saturated illustrations by Leslie Staub. Pictures and text combine to convey the message that children in different lands, speaking different languages, all smile and laugh, love, feel joy and pain, no matter who and where they are.

This would be a fine addition to any congregational library.

Monica Tenney, Media Review Editor
Maple Grove United Methodist Church
Columbus, Ohio