Is There Really a Human Race? by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell --reviewed by Audrey Smith

This was the first time I have read this book. It is not from my childhood and I think that it should be read in every class. If you read this book you must pay closed attention to the pictures because a lot of the meaning is in the pictures. The words are cute and rhyme but the pictures make the story. There is a little boy who wants to know if there is really a human “race”. He wants to know if it is fair, who is on his team, and how he trains. He wonders who wins and looses and if his running keeps the world spinning. In the end his mom gives him advice like taking is slow and enjoying the scene. It doesn’t matter where you come in the race. I feel like the pictures are explaining that it is okay to be different. You can be from different places, races, sizes, and color because it is what is inside that matters. This is a very good book to read to a young group of students. It is very simple and it could be a good discussion because I think this is could be a hard topic to tackle.