This Is Me

What would you take?

Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!"

New York Times bestselling author and award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis, working with her longtime illustrator Laura Cornell, brings her whimsical verse to the subject of immigration and identity. In this picture book, various children -- inspired by their remarkable teacher -- talk about what they’d bring with them if they could take only one suitcase to their new home: photographs, a favorite book, grandfather's beret. Which things do they love most? What best expresses who they are? At the end, the question is posed to the reader: "What would you take? Which things would say to the world, this is me!" The book ends with a pop-up suitcase, which the child can then fill with his or her favorite things.