I Am Smart: A Positive Power Story

by Suzy Capozzi, Eren Unten (Illustrator)

The Positive Power early reader series introduces self-esteem and empathy to budding young readers. I Am Smart is a fun and encouraging story about making good choices. Now a part of the premier early reading line, Step into Reading!

When a young boy's teacher announces that there will be a science fair in a few weeks, he is worried. He doesn't like science. But by doing research, asking his friends for help instead of going out to play soccer, and not giving up, he learns that making smart choices leads to success. In this installment of the Positive Power series, kids will learn the affirmation "I am smart" through a relatable story of dedication and perseverence.

Through simple text and joyful illustrations, this installment in the Positive Power series inspires kids to make smart choices while giving them the confidence they need to transform from little to BIG readers.
 
Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published October 11, 2022

Reviews

[Anthony]

A young student who doesn't do well in science class, finds himself in a science fair, and must come up with a project. He researches, takes notes, invites his friends to be his partners, and does not give up. In the end his efforts are rewarded.

[Jaime]

Julianna read this book to me lasr night. We enjoyed it. She gave it 4 stars. She likes science & experiments.

[Chinook]

I liked that the book started from a place of a kid worried about taking on anchallegne and overcoming his worries to pick an exciting topic and do well at it. It’s a great book to read if your kid is about embark on a science fair project because it does a good job portraying the steps involved.

[Silvia Creed]

Nothing that made my 8 year old smile .

[Melissa]

We will be reading all the Positive Power story/readers this summer.

[Jasmine Walker]

I love the strong family portrayed and this book illustrates a brown boy utilizing his intelligence.

[Villain E]

Straightforward early reader of a child working hard at school and for the science fair.

[Margaret Boling]

9/2/2024 ~ Affirmation; not much narrative structure (i.e. problem/conflict). Perhaps written with too much of a focus on being a "positive power story."

[Sherry Scheline]

Great little easy reader. It is a great book to start discussion

[Lauren]

This one was almost there at times but more so introduced worry about school and felt pedantic. Not for us.

[Riddhi Sagar]

there is a whole series of these books which are worth investing in for your lil ones library.

[Drusilla Pair]

Wonderful story for beginner readers about a boy who did not like science and learns to love it when he discovers an experiment that interests him.

[TheReader]

Read to kid. Move on. Water bottle flipping, could have chosen a better experiment.

[Becky B]

A little boy who is not great at science gets worried when his teacher announces that everyone will be participating in a science fair. With the encouragement of his mom and help of the librarian, he develops a great project he gets excited about.

I feel like a better title for this would have been I am Not Anxious. It seemed to be more about overcoming test anxiety and project anxiety than about how smart the kid was. I'd recommend this for kids who get anxious about school subjects and beginning readers who like realistic stories.

[Belinda]

Great little book for our early reader. We read it, then he read it by himself and said "I'm smart". Awwwwww Just the boost if confidence he needs.

[Izzie DeLanie]

Early Reader

A young, intelligent boy is told that he has a science fair to accomplish. He has troubles figuring out what he wanted to do and how he's going to do it, as he says in the story science isn't his strong suit. But not to fear mom comes into the rescue to inform him to do something that he enjoys and just like that he decides to focus on the flipping of water bottles. He inspires his friends to join in the project, and at the end, they succeeded so much that they win a prize for the best demonstration. This book had such a powerful message to it, just because you're not good at something doesn't mean you are going to fail at it automatically. If you work hard and passionately enough, you will succeed. The best message of all if you ask me is that mother knows best.