Just Shine! How to Be a Better You by Sonia Sotomayor

Just Shine by Sonia Sotomayor
Isolo brilla by Sonia Sotomayor (Just Shine)
Sonia Sotomayor

Just Shine! How to Be a Better You by Sonia Sotomayor is an inspiring picture book that encourages children to embrace their inner light and help others do the same.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Just Ask! comes a sweet and powerful story about being true to yourself and shining your brightest. How will you help people shine?

There once was a little girl who grew up in Puerto Rico with an incredible ability—she was able to make everyone around her shine. She listened, she understood, she worked hard, and she brought out the beauty in each person she met. In a story inspired by her mother’s ability to help people see their own brilliance, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shows readers how helping others shine makes the whole world brighter. With art by award-winning illustrator Jacqueline Alcántara, Just Shine! will help readers find their own inner glow, and recognize that glow in those around them.

Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx, New York. She earned a BA from Princeton University and a JD from Yale Law School. She served as assistant district attorney in New York County, and then as a litigator at Pavia & Harcourt. In 1991, President George H. W. Bush nominated her to the US District Court, Southern District of New York. In 1997, President William Jefferson Clinton nominated her to the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role August 8, 2009, becoming the first Latina ever to hold such a high position. She is the author of My Beloved World, Turning Pages, The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor, Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You, and Just Help! How to Build a Better World.

  • ISBN: 9780593206294
  • 40 pages
  • For Preschool-Grade 3
  • Ages 4-8 years
  • September 9, 2025

Published by: Philomel Books, Penguin Random House

¡Solo brilla! Cómo ser la mejor versión de ti mismo (Spanish Edition)

  • ISBN: 9798217039395
  • 40 pages
  • For Preschool-Grade 3
  • Ages 4-8 years
  • September 9, 2025

Published by: Philomel Books, Penguin Random House