From the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, creators of Today I Feel Silly and Where Do Balloons Go? , comes  I’m Gonna Like Me,  a funny and moving celebration of self-esteem and loving the skin you’re in. Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you. A book to rejoice in and share,  I'm Gonna Like Me  will have kids letting off some self-esteem in no time! Actor Jamie Lee Curtis and winsome illustrator Laura Cornell continue their successful collaboration ( Today I Feel Silly , When I Was Little , et al.) with this paean to poise and self-assurance, I'm Gonna Like Me . The duo sets out to "let off a little self-esteem" by following a seriously self-actualized (and gratifyingly quirky) boy and girl throughout their day on alternating pages. The kids take turns carrying the lines, often switching off midsentence, to describe exactly how and why "I'm gonna like me." (Girl: "I'm gonna like me / when I'm called on to stand. / I know all my letters / like the back of my hand." Boy: "I'm gonna like me / when my answer is wrong, / like thinking my ruler / was ten inches long.") The call and response continues through the action-packed day, as the kids get up, go to school, have lunch, go to a birthday party, etc., until they finally get tucked in--so no opportunity for building self-esteem gets overlooked. Young readers will like Curtis's words and the rhythmic repetition, but it's Cornell's scribbling, reminiscent of the New Yorker 's Roz Chast, that makes the book stand out. From an imagined fashion-show runway walk (love that snooty fashion press) to a hilarious lunch table spread (got to get some of that "Cup o' Lettuce" and "Pork by the Foot" for your Doris Day lunch box), Cornell fills the book with funny faces and lots of laughs (the best of which might be the girl's pet turtle working out in a cage with a treadmill, next to a book titled "Exercising Your Illegal Turtle"). (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes Kindergarten-Grade 2-In rhyming text, a boy and a girl describe how they will like themselves whether things are going right or wrong. She says, "I'm gonna like me/when I'm called on to stand./I know all my letters/like the back of my hand." He says, "I'm gonna like me/when my answer is wrong,/like thinking my ruler/was ten inches long." They're going to like themselves, too, when they try new things, work on their good behavior, play with baby brother, or help around the house. They're going to like themselves "from [his] giant big toe to the braids on [her] head." Cornell's bright artwork appears to be done in watercolor and ink. The heavily detailed pictures have hidden humor that will be much more entertaining to adults than to children, such as the titles of the books scattered around the children's room. This pleasant addition will combine well with Nancy Carlson's I Like Me! (Viking, 1988) or Peggy Rathmann's Ruby the Copycat (Scholastic, 1991) for storytimes. Roxanne Burg, Thousand Oaks Library, CA Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. Gr. 1-3. After their resounding success with Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born (1996) and giddy explorations such as Where Do Bal loons Go? (2000), celebrated author-illustrator team Curtis and Cornell advocate a sort of jubilant self-love. Throughout the playful pages, a boy and girl alternate uttering proclamations of pride at being just exactly who they are, whether they are minding their manners or making mistakes: "I'm gonna like me / when I jump out of bed, from my giant big toe / to the braids on my head." Although the rhymes are sometimes forced and constructions awkward ("I'm gonna like me when I don't run so fast / Then they pick teams / and I'm chosen last"), Cornell's ever-exuberant illustrations fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Dozens of tiny, comical details (one child is eating "Cup o' Lettuce" in the cafeteria) enliven the message-heavy book. Curtis' books get attention, so libraries may want this despite the flaws. Karin Snelson Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you. Like the duo's first New York Times best-seller, Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day, this is an inspired book to rejoice in and share. I'm Gonna Like Me will have kids letting off some self-esteem in no time! Jamie Lee Curtis is a moody actor. She is the author of When I Was Little : A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth and Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born . Jamie lives in California with her fly fisherman husband, Christopher Gue