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Summary
Meet Olivette, who wants kids to know that " all of it is YOU!" and to embrace every part of themselves. The brainchild of actor Nico Tortorella, this buoyant story is a celebration of all the many different parts of us.
Olivette is here to let you in on a secret- you can be anything you want to be. And even better, you can be all of it ! Olivette is energetic, moody, and unique-just like you, Olivette contains multitudes.
Olivette Is You-all of it is you-is inspired by actor, musician, and author Nico Tortorella's own experience. Through this buoyant picture book, Nico shows you that you don't have to choose who or what to be; you are already everything.
Author Notes
Nico Tortorella is an actor, musician, and accomplished author. Nico is perhaps best known as Josh on the hit dramedy series Younger , and they starred in two seasons of AMC's The Walking Dead- World Beyond . Nico can also be seen in AppleTV's City on Fire , based on the New York Times bestselling book by Garth Risk Hallberg, as well as the indie drama The Mattachine Family . Nico wrote a collection of poetry, all of it is you , and a memoir, Space Between. Nico is married to longtime partner, Bethany C. Meyers, and they reside on the East Coast with their daughter. Olivette Is You is Nico's picture book debut.
Melissa Kashiwagi is an illustrator and concept artist originally from the Salt Lake Valley in Utah. After graduating with a BFA in illustration from Brigham Young University, she found her way to Los Angeles to work in children's animation and enjoyed some time at DreamWorks and Nickelodeon. She met her husband online during the covid pandemic and moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she enjoys painting, playing fetch with her cats (they really do play fetch!), and hitting up the pickleball courts.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 1--4--A celebratory anthem about individuality and uniqueness through all the possibilities that reside within children and eventually adults. Olivette is a superhero of the most ordinary but important kind, emotionally insightful. She starts each day eager to embrace what life brings but recognizes that it might be a good or a bad day. Whether feeling happy or glum, "All my feelings are me." This mantra is her empowerment to celebrate all emotions and forms of expression. Her uniqueness and everyone's inner uniqueness mean diversity and inclusion are valued, not scorned. She is not restrained by traditional gender norms in her interests and hobbies but is simply herself. The overall message is one of positivity and looking at the world through enlightened eyes. Kashiwagi depicts Olivette and her world in an exaggerated cartoon style that energizes Olivette's actions in an appealing manner. There are funny "Easter eggs" in the background of almost every page to search out during repeat reads. A strong effort is made towards diversity and inclusivity with varied ages, genders, ethnicities, and abilities shown. VERDICT An essential purchase to help children embrace their own uniqueness or tackle complex emotions.--Jessica A. Bushore
Publisher's Weekly Review
Employing uplifting first-person rhymes, performer Tortorella pays tribute to every individual's uniqueness. The verses' speaker is a pale-skinned child whose self-assurance models empowerment: "My name is Olivette,/ And all of it is me./ I have special powers/ To be all I want to be." From emotions and gender to clothing choices and activities, Olivette asserts the right to be, like water, "fluid" and "ever-changing." Further lines reinforce a message of acceptance and kinship: "We are all connected,/ Part of this great big universe./ Each one made by a higher power:/ No one better, no one worse." Kashiwagi's animation-style digital renderings depict an inclusive range of figural representations, including people of varying abilities, body types, and skin tones. When a final visual presents the speaker as a spectral cloud filled with a multitude of others, it aptly reinforces the book's positive message of oneness with the world: "I am Olivette,/ And all of it is me!// All of it is you./ And all love,/ It is you." Includes an author's note. Ages 4--8. (Apr.)
Kirkus Review
Actor/model Tortorella pens an ode to self-confidence. A wide-eyed, tan-skinned child with short brown hair leaps out of bed and declares, "My name is Olivette, / And all of it is me." Talk about self-assurance and positivity! Olivette clearly has a great sense of self already. But what the child doesn't explain, at least at first, is what all of it is. Olivette adds, "I have special powers / To be all I want to be." Readers may surmise that "all of it" refers to…well, everything in the world. Olivette embraces changing moods ("Some days I feel so happy"; "Some days I feel so grumpy"), a shifting sense of self, and different talents ("Sometimes I skate, / Or cook, / Or swim"). Olivette has an enviable self-awareness and exhorts readers to feel likewise. This gently rhyming book soon moves from an Olivette-centric focus to one about general positivity and inclusivity: "We are all connected, / Part of this great big universe. / Each one made by a higher power: No one better, no one worse." The colorful, lively digital illustrations portray great diversity, with characters varying in terms of skin color, hair color and style, age, body shape and size, ethnicity, religion, clothing choice, and physical ability. Nothing about this tale is all that original or profound, but many kids will relate. Take a cue from this assertive protagonist: Rejoice in who you are and be all you can be. (Picture book. 5-8) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.