Alain SerresBesprekingen

"From the bold opening assertion, “I am a child with eyes, hands, a voice, a heart, and rights,” to the urgent closing plea, “We need our rights to be respected now—today,” this primer invites young readers to think about their universal rights as children as embodied in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

An engaging child narrator explains that kids have a right to: a name, a family, a country, food and water, shelter, medicines and help if their bodies don’t “work as well as other children’s.” Kids have a right to go to school, to refuse to work, to express themselves, to play and create, to be protected from disasters and wars, to be free from violence, and to breathe air “pure as the blue sky.” These rights apply to all children regardless of gender, race, size, wealth or country if they live in one of the 193 countries ratifying the Convention. Readers may be surprised, however, to discover the United States is not one of these countries. Engagingly naive acrylic illustrations spanning double-page spreads evoke Chagall in their use of flat patterns, swirling lines, vibrant hues, and symbolic, powerful dream-like images of the repertoire of children’s rights.

Provocative and guaranteed to spark awareness of children’s rights. (note on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child; list of states party to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child) (Picture book. 4-7)" www.kirkusreviews.com, A Kirkus Starred Review

I think this book is important to read to children. I think it is important because children should know their rights but also their worth. If we read this book to them they will understand their human rights and stand up for themselves but also for each other. I really enjoy this book I think children tend not to stand up from themselves because they are taught adults know better and they allow bad adults get away with things.

I️ really enjoyed this book, it talked about the rights of a child.

This book nearly brought me to tears. And to think that the US has not adopted this law astounds me. I believe this is an important book to read to young children so they know what they deserve and have the right to be.

Great book. I love the colorful, abstract illustrations. It talks about the rights that every child should have. Children should have, food, water, a home, access to medical treatment, and education. These are just a few rights the book talks about. Sadly this is not the case for many children. There are children all over the world that lack access to basic things that are needed to survive. This would be a great book to help children understand human rights and how not everyone is fortunate enough to have some things many take for granted. The back of the book explains what the Convention on the Rights of the Child is and what countries have agreed to it.

"I Have the Right to be a Child" is a book that describes rights that all children should have. Some of the rights from the book are the right to go to school, to refuse to go to woks, and have to rights to the basic human needs. The book also states that children should have the same rights whether they're a girl or boy, black or white, rich or poor, or disabled.

From this book, I learned about The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which was created in 1989. The Convention seeks to promote practices and programs that support the fulfillment of protecting children rights. Occurring to information in the book there are 193 states who are members of the Convention and the United States isn't a member. This surprised me. Why won't the United States want to work towards ensuring that all children needs are meet and that they are protected? This is a great book to introduce the concept of human rights.

This book simply goes over what rights children have. From running in the sunshine to breathing in fresh air to a right to education, this books tells kids that every child, no matter the race or background, has a right to all of these topics. Children are the future of the world and should be treated with respect.

The book has a strong sense of unity and the writing, though it can be intense, is very emotional. I was unaware of this treaty existing, so I'm glad there was an author's note at the end explaining what it was and where it came from. The illustrations in this book were a bit weird for me. The people seemed very stiff and 2D and there weren't many expressions on their faces. In fact, most of the faces looked the same to me, which is weird when the book has so many diverse characters. I'm not sure if I would read this to a group of kids, but it works well if one child wants to read it.½

This brilliant it does not only speak about children having rights but all types of children wonderful

Picasso's life story is told within the narrative of world history as it was happening. There are pictures of his artwork and photographs of Spain and France, and the text is written beautifully. I really wanted to put it on the picture book display but the shelves aren't tall enough for it to stand.

Alain Serres et Olivier Tallec nous offrent un arrêt sur images faisant défiler page par page le film de l'enfance. Autant de moments fugaces, d'étapes de la vie, d'instants uniques et de premières fois qui, mis bout à bout, constituent les premières années de vie. Sur le principe d'une saynète par page, cet album conte l'histoire du temps et emmène les enfants sur le chemin de la vie parsemé de petits bonheurs, de colères ou chagrins, d'émotions et de sentiments contradictoires. Mais toujours quelque part quelqu'un avec qui partager le voyage (ami, frère…) et le regard vigilant de ceux qui vous ont offert la vie… Autant de mini-histoires mises en images parce que chaque moment vécu et partagé participe à l'apprentissage de la vie et affirme la personnalité avant de s'ancrer dans les petites mémoires.
Un album sans artifice, mais assuréme rempli de vie.

Dès 3 ans

Plaidoyer pour la laicïcté à l'école.

Dès 10 ans

Un enfant marche, depuis longtemps. Il est seul, il a tout perdu. Il avance comme une ombre furtive, sans cesse en mouvement. Et c'est au contact des animaux qu'il en apprend chaque jour un peu plus. Courir, fuir, guetter les signes de la nature, s'adapter à son environnement. Il apprend la vigilance, la patience et la persévérance également.

Petit à petit, la mémoire lui revient. Il y a eu ce jour noir où tout a basculé, ce choc énorme qui l'a séparé de sa famille. Il se souvient du temps qui a précédé la solitude, de cette époque tendre où il grandissait protégé parmi les siens.

Au fil des pages, il retrouve son humanité et se rapproche de cette nouvelle vie qui l'attend.

Il y a des albums qui laissent sans voix. Qui captivent leur lecteur et l'emportent tellement loin qu'une fois le livre refermé, l'émotion est si grande que les mots viennent à manquer. Ce bestiaire fabuleux en fait partie. Les splendides illustrations à l'encre de Zaü conjuguées au texte sobre et bouleversant d'Alain Serres en font un livre unique et indispensable.

Dès 6 ans

This book describes all the rights that children have including basic needs, shelter, safety, education and so many things that we all take for granted. It is a good way to express to kids what they should expect as normal in their lives. This is a great way to help children think critically about what they should accept and maybe someday make changes to their lives where they can. Sometimes kids in hard situations don't realize that they have rights and this can help bring that conversation up. If nothing more than to just not feel that things are their fault.

An introduction to human rights, which focuses on the Convention on the Rights of the Child- a convention in which all of the countries in the United Nations have signed except for 3 including the United States of America.

This was a powerful book written from the view point of a young child. The author did a fabulous job convincing the reader that children are just as important to the world as any adult. And they should be treated with respect and given every opportunity to grow up and be united across the world. There were a few points that i feel the author went a little to extreme in her views, but overall a fun book.
As far as the illustrations go this book would not be on my list for a nice read aloud to show to my younger audience. The pictures were just a little to abstract and almost scary.

6 ans

6 ans

The story is inspiring and rich. The artwork is beautiful and creative. I love that the colors are also really bold!

The story talks about rights that children should have and how important it is to feel like a part of the world.

A very powerful book, I have the Right to Be a Child talks about the rights all children should have, such as going to school and having a loving family. I think this is a great read for children because if is important to their lives and what they should have as children.

This book is a wonderful introduction to what it means to have rights. It makes students think about why it is important to have rights and why we should all have equal rights.

A powerful and inspiring introduction to the concept of human rights, specifically those of children as stated in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. It is pathetic and shameful that the United States is one of three UN member nations that is not party to the convention.

This book includes the language of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child with folk illustrations that match as well as explicit end note encouraging those readers living in countries like the United States to encourage their governments to sign-on.

Translated from French, this painterly illustrated simplification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrates diversity and the aspects of a loving home environment. The textured, slightly child-like illustration uses a different unified color palette on each page spread, and makes judicious use of geometric shapes. Some of the language, particularly the page which says that children have the right to everything enumerated in the Convention of Rights of the Child (which is listed, along with the ascribing countries, in the back of the book) makes it clear that this book is meant not so much to enrich or entertain children, but to satisfy the political needs of adults. The asterisk that says the child has the right to demand their country join the convention of the Right of the Child if, like the US, they do not already, likely would have no interest or meaning to a child. Despite this, the gentle message may be of particular comfort and value to children in less than ideal situations who perhaps do not understand that they do not deserve mistreatment, no matter what their circumstances.