<p>"A joyous ode to inclusion, realised in the most delightful, uplifting way."</p>
- Cerrie Burnell,
<p>"A masterclass in empowering young readers to believe in themselves."</p>
- Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
<p>âBased on real childrenâs own voices and messages, You Can is a fabulously inclusive picture book that reminds all children that they are valued individuals with a bright future. Steve Antonyâs marvellous illustration is full of action and emotion.â</p>
BookTrust Bookmark: Book of the Month
<p>âJoyful from start to finish and bursting with the most wonderful illustrations. There is so much to discuss and explore! There is so much to notice - so many stories to tell. I shared the book with our Y6 children and they were completely captivatedâŚThe book ends with a lovely note about the young contributors with their pictures and a link to Inclusive Minds, co-founded by author, Alexandra Strick. A complete joy!â</p>
North Somerset Teachers' Book Award Blog
<p>âHugely empowering and inspiring, this a book that needs to be in every home and classroom. Children and adults will love the gentle humour and playfulness in Steveâs illustrations: each spread deserves close study."</p>
Red Reading Hub: Picture Book of the Day
<p>âIf you havenât yet read You Can buy a copy today. It is absolutely brilliant. A positive, life affirming book full of empathy. It knocked my socks off and I canât find the words to say just how much I love it.â</p>
- Annie Everall OBE, via Twitter
<p>âHow lovely to have a reading of You Can! the new inclusive dreamy picture book. And what an amazing example of how to bring childrenâs voices directly to the page.â</p>
Letterbox Library
<p>âItâs such a gorgeous book. So empowering! I really hope it flies, it should be in every bookshelf!â</p>
- AM Dassu, Inclusive Minds
<p>âMake no mistake, this is an utterly ground-breaking read. A truly uplifting and inclusive read with a real and thoughtful substance behind the concept. A picture book that puts the child well and truly at the heart of the story and one which includes ALL children irrespective of background, ability, faith or colour."</p>
Bookgiftblogger
<p>"Joyous and empowering...the fact that the text was suggested by children themselves makes it extra special."</p>
- Malorie Blackman,
<p>"Follow 14 children as they grow from babies to adults in this inclusive picture book...Antony's humorous, dynamic illustrations develop each child's story from page to page."</p>
Guardian
<p> âThis deceptively simple book nevertheless manages to address some truly fundamental issues.â </p>
Books for Keeps
<p>"Thoughtful, uplifting and empowering, âYou Can!â is a joy to explore."</p>
Books for Topics
<p>"You Can! is a beautiful book from start to finish, itâs empowering, inspiring and incredibly reassuring... Each page is packed with encouraging words and messages of inspiration, empathy, hope and promise for the future. With diversity and inclusivity at the core of this book, You Can! is a potential life-changer for the younger generation, with little reminders to us adults."</p>
- Tangle Tales, via Instagram
<p>"You Can! gives me a sense of hope for all the children who will hear this book and see themselves and their classmates, cousins, siblings, neighbors and and also kids they might not know yet."</p>
- The Wandering Bookseller (US), via Instagram
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Biographical note
Alexandra Strick is passionate about giving children a voice. She has a background in working with children/young people as well as running various national book programmes (including Bookstart). She loves reading, writing and listening to children talk about what they want to see in books. She is author of You Can and We Can, co-author of Max the Champion (with Sean Stockdale and Ros Asquith) and works on a range of âtouch and feelâ books. She also co-founded Outside in World (promoting translated childrenâs books) and Inclusive Minds (which helps book creators consult people with lived experience) and she is a consultant/reviewer for BookTrust. Alex lives in Surrey, England.
Steve Antony is an award-winning writer and illustrator of over 25 picture books, having sold over one million books worldwide. His books include the Mr Panda series, The Queenâs Hat series, Unplugged, Amazing and Rainbowsaurus. Steve also illustrated You Can! (with Alexandra Strick), as well as the all-new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (adapted by Peter Bently), Tim Minchinâs When I Grow Up and a 70th anniversary cover of The Famous Five. He has contributed work towards LGBTQ+ anthology Proud; Drawing Europe Together and the anthology, Kind. Steve is Swindon Libraries Patron to Childrenâs Reading Services and an ambassador for the National Literacy Trust. In 2023 he was named âSchool Libraries Championâ by the School Library Association. He lives in Swindon.
Inclusive Minds'Â Inclusion Ambassadors are a network of young people (and some parents, teachers and youth workers) who share a real interest in seeing better representation of one or more facets of diversity. These are individuals (generally aged between 8 and 30) with important first-hand knowledge of particular facets of diversity and a genuine interest in sharing their expertise and experience to the benefit of childrenâs books.