Dancing to her own beat
Juanita loves to dance to her own rhythm in this picture book celebrating neurodiversity, autism acceptance, and embracing individual differences.
Juanita's Rhythm is a joyful picture book about a little girl who cannot help but move when the world makes music. Her rhythm is bright and bouncy and entirely her own — and it does not always match the rhythm everyone else is keeping.
With warmth and gentle humor, Erica R. Williams follows Juanita from her sunlit bedroom to the middle of the living room floor, where she discovers that the music she hears inside her is worth dancing to out loud.
“It's OK to be ME”
She hears music everywhere
In the hum of the kettle, the tap of the rain, the thump of her own two feet — Juanita finds a rhythm waiting to be danced.
Her body knows the way
When the other kids move one way, Juanita's feet want to move another. So she follows them, and something wonderful happens.
Her own beat wins
By the last page, Juanita learns the bravest dance of all is the one only she can do — and that her family loves every step.
