depicts thirteen people (eleven real, two fictional), with biographical information, and a declaration that they do not want to blow up the reader.

However, Cortés and Hastie received a "cease-and-desist letter" from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's lawyers for unauthorized use of the basketball player's likeness.

[2][3] They include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,[1] Nas (Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones), Tariq Ramadan, Anousheh Ansari, and a child named Osama (who wants to become a judge for the Supreme Court of the United States, despite being frequently asked if he is a terrorist).

[1] University of Alberta political science professor Thomas Butko offered criticism, claiming the authors' belief that children stereotype Muslims as terrorists has an adverse effect on the good they are trying to do by publishing the book.

[4] The Ottawa Citizen wrote that it was sad that the authors "found it necessary to write a book reassuring children that people who look different are not going to blow them up", and "if the little reader wasn't afraid before, he or she probably is now".