What's My Superpower?

Nalvana feels like all of her friends have some type of superpower. She has friends with super speed (who always beat her in races), friends with super strength (who can dangle from the monkey bars for hours), and friends who are better than her at a million other things.

Nalvana thinks she must be the only kid in town without a superpower. But then her mom shows Nalvana that she is unique and special, and that her superpower was right in front of her all along. (From Inhabit Media)

What's My Superpower?will be championed by Cottonball on CBC Kids Reads.

CBC Kids Reads will air during the CBC Kids weekday morning block on CBC TV and CBC Gem on March 27-30. CBC Kids hosts Tony and Janaye, as well as Gary the Unicorn, Mr. Orlando, Cottonball and Makeup Monster, willshare their six favourite Canadian picture books and celebrate the love of reading.

• Introducing the CBC Kids Reads contenders

Aviaq Johnstonwrites books for children, teenagers and grown ups. Her books includeThose Who Run in the Sky,winner oftheIndigenous Voices Awardand a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for young people's literature text, and the sequel, Those Who Dwell Below. Johnston also wrotethe short storiesTarnikulukand The Haunted Blizzard,featured in Taaqtumi: An Anthology of Arctic Horror Stories. She grew up in Igloolik and now lives in Iqaluitwith her dog, Sunny.

• Why author Aviaq Johnston's stories are rooted in the Arctic
• Why Aviaq Johnston thinks we should see ourselves in stories

Tim Mack cannot fly, run super fast, or swim like a fish, so instead he draws those things. Tim is a Canadian-born illustrator living in Vancouver. He enjoys playing with colours and shapes and never misses an opportunity to swim in the ocean, though he still wishes he could swim as well as a fish.

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