Sams Super Seats, Keah Brown
Sams Super Seats, Keah Brown
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Sam's Super Seats

Author: Keah Brown

Narrator: Keah Brown

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/23/2022

Synopsis

A joyful picture book, adapted for audio, about a disabled girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends, from #DisabledandCute creator and The Pretty One author Keah Brown.

Sam loves herself, learning, and making her family and friends laugh. She also loves comfortable seats, including a graceful couch named after Misty Copeland and Laney, the sassy backseat of Mom’s car.

After a busy morning of rest, Sam and her friends try on cute outfits at the mall and imagine what the new school year might bring. It’s not until Sam feels tired, and the new seat she meets isn’t so super, that she discovers what might be her best idea all day.

With hilarious, charming text by Keah Brown, Sam’s Super Seats celebrates the beauty of self-love, the power of rest, and the necessity of accessible seating in public spaces. Includes narrative description of art for those with low/limited vision.

About The Author

Keah Brown is a journalist, author, and screenwriter. She is the creator of #DisabledAndCute, and her work has appeared in Teen Vogue, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire UK, and The New York Times, among other publications. Her debut essay collection The Pretty One (Atria Books) published in 2019, and her writing has appeared in the anthologies Disability Visibility edited by Alice Wong and You Are Your Best Thing, edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown.Sharee Miller is the author-illustrator of Princess Hair, Don't Touch My Hair!, and Michelle's Garden (Little Brown for Young Readers). She is also the illustrator of The Shai and Emmie series, written by Quvenzhané Wallis and Nancy Ohlin (Simon and Schuster). Her colorful, happy characters are created using watercolor, colored pencil and pen. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melanie on December 14, 2023

I loved everything about this! It was so happy, colorful, and positive. Lots of diversity, in the main cast and background characters, and it reminded me of the excitement I felt when I would get ready for a new school year. I'll definitely order a copy for our library once I can. I accessed a digit......more

Goodreads review by Aolund on September 30, 2022

An excellent story about everyday life for Sam, a Black girl with cerebral palsy. Sam and her best friends go to the mall to shop for going back to school, and Sam, with help from her mom, remembers to listen to her body and rest when she needs to. I loved the self-confidence and self-esteem-boostin......more

Goodreads review by FionaHarmon on April 15, 2023

it was confusing because they went to a 'mall' now i want to go but dad says there are no malls anymore and whoever wrote this is "living in the past"......more

Goodreads review by Liz on October 21, 2022

Sam goes shopping with her mom and her friends to get clothes before school starts. Since seats are a significant part of Sam's life, she gives them names and has relationships with them. When she's tired due to her cerebral palsy, her friends take a rest with her and people watch. A good back-to-sc......more

Goodreads review by Miri on March 10, 2022

I like what this book is trying to do, but the text is clunky and awkward. The idea of different seats having names and personalities feels unrealistic, contrived for the sake of putting forward an agenda. And as much as I support the agenda, the book is not good enough at delivering it.......more

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PRAISE FOR SAM'S SUPER SEATS

"A warmhearted, necessary affirmation of disability and self-love through a multifaceted, endearingly imaginative narrator. ... A spirited celebration of self-confidence and self-care." --Kirkus Reviews

"An exuberant picture book that centers ease and rest ... Brown’s (The Pretty One, for adults) candid prose matches the characters’ affectionate demeanors and open expressions, while Miller’s (Michelle’s Garden) pencil-and-watercolor illustrations add playfulness to an assured story about accommodation and self-love." --Publishers Weekly

“Keah Brown, author of The Pretty One and founder of the #DisabledAndCute hashtag on Twitter, writes a delightful story centering disabled joy in her debut picture book.” – BookRiot
 
“Cheerful and conversational, Sam’s Super Seats is an intersectional addition to the back-to-school picture book canon.” – BookPage

"Beautiful, whimsical, and heartfelt. A gorgeously illustrated reminder that our strengths come in many different shapes and that rest can be part of the adventure." -- Ashley Lukashevsky, New York Times bestselling illustrator 


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