Whereas Jax enjoys sorting, Kiki enjoys collecting. Kiki and Jax are the best of friends even though they are quite different from each other. Kiki & Jax is a deeply empathetic tale of close friendships written by Marie Kondo with Salina Yoon and illustrated by Salina Yoon for Crown Books for Young Readers. Kiki & Jax: The Life-Changing Magic of Friendship by Marie Kondo, co-written and illustrated by Salina Yoon Girls can succeed in whatever it is boys can succeed in, and all children need to understand this. This is not just a story for girls to see how strong girls can be and how they can achieve whatever they set out to achieve, but it is important for boys to read this book to see girls do these things. The book has the chicks marching together with unifying signs in an affirmation to each other that they matter and they can do anything they set their hearts on. The other point of course is that girls can do anything. One of them is that if people come together and selflessly contribute to a common good, they can make a success of solving difficult problems. The art is also diverse and inclusive, showing equity between all kinds of chicks cutting across patriarchal boundaries. But they all decide to band together, united in one goal: Flouting the “No Chicks Allowed” rule.Ĭhicks Rule is a passionate story and its earnestness and zeal for achievement is reflected in the art, in the nuanced expressions on the faces of the chicks. These are chicks who have traveled down different paths in life and have had different experiences and joys and sorrows.
There’s Coding Chick, Gaming Chick, Writer Chick, Science Chick, Baker Chick, Rocker Chick, Painter Chick, Soccer Chick - basically chicks succeeding at every career known to humankind. She cannot do it alone, so she gathers her other high-achieving chick friends. But Nerdy Chick has a backbone of steel, and she is determined that a rocket of her own making will be fired off into space. It causes her to feel very disappointed at first, and then, fume in frustration. But when she gets there, she is confronted with a “No Chicks Allowed” sign. She has worked hard to design and build her rocket and is eager to show it off at the meeting. Nerdy Chick has been so excited about the upcoming Rocket Club meeting. If your children are looking for some new books to read as they spend these days out of school and distanced from friends, check these titles out and perhaps support your local bookstore by ordering from them.Ĭhicks Rule by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, illustrated by Renée KurillaĬhicks Rule is an empowering tale about powerful girls written by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and illustrated by Renée Kurilla for Abrams Books for Young Readers. IE writer Keira Soleore has compiled a list of children’s books featuring Asian characters and all by Asian and Asian American authors.
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