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I am the author of four inspirational children’s books: A Girl With A Cape (2013), A Girl With A Cape and Her Jar of Pennies (2014), A Girl With A PINK Cape (2015), and A Boy With A Cape (2016), and I just released her fifth book and journal for teens and older, The Girl In The Mirror (2018).
I'm also the founder of the Kindness Gala, which is a fundraising event for local charities (www.KindnessGala.com).
I write my books because more people need to know how important and valuable they are for the simple fact that they were born. I absolutely believe that we were all born with the incredible ability to have a huge impact on our world; that we were born because the world KNEW we would make a difference.
Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
What does it take to be a superhero? First of all, you have to care about others and think of others before yourself. You have to be kind, considerate and helpful. Just putting on a cape doesn’t make you a superhero, but what you do, either with the cape on or off, is what really counts. Just telling Mom how much you love her, helping with the groceries and taking out the recycle bin, standing up for someone being bullied – these are just a few things you can do. And did you know that your little bit of kindness will be passed along? The person you are kind to may well pass on a little bit of happiness and kindness to someone else and so on, until everyone is sharing and caring.
Amy Logan’s picture book story, A Boy With a Cape, has a very powerful message for us all, both young and old. We can all be superheroes just by caring and showing that we care. It’s the little things we do that make this world a much better place. The little boy was first disappointed when he didn’t see the results of all his good deeds, but his mother pointed it out to him and then he realized that he really was a superhero. As his mother said, “You may think you’re small, but your words make you tall./ Your heart, and your smile, you don’t need a cape./ Your actions and kindness, those things make you great!” The story, told in rhyming verse, with delightful illustrations, leaves the reader with a poignant question: “So, now that you know that your powers are true…/ tell me superhero… what next will you do?” And what next will the superhero young readers do to make this world a better place? A very important lesson to be learned over and over again.
