'Differences provide not just beauty in life, but they're important to the quality of the world we live in. It's richer because of our differences. We're not lesser because of it,' Sotomayor said.
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said that the seed for what has become her latest children's book was planted the day a woman called her a drug addict.
From that exchange comes the title of Sotomayor's latest book,"Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You," released Tuesday and intended for kids age 4 to 8. The book introduces readers to children who face what Sotomayor calls"life challenges" as they work together to create a garden rich with different flowers and plants, a metaphor for their own differences.
Sotomayor, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in 2009, said she has wanted to write the book"forever" and that she was also motivated by hearing the stories of friends who have children with chronic conditions. One child, she said, was separated from other students at school when it was time to eat because he had a host of allergies.
The book is illustrated by Rafael López, who himself has dyslexia and a son with high-functioning autism. A child named Rafael in the book who has asthma is painting rocks, a subtle nod to the illustrator. Another subtlety, the book's character Vijay, who is deaf, is signing the word"grow" to a newly planted tree.
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