I am no expert on kindnessāthough more than twenty years at Sesame Workshop, working on a TV show that focuses on kindness, may give me a slight edge. And I am not unfailingly kind, though I try my hardest. But I am passionate about nurturing this quality in children. At the risk of sounding naive, I feel that itās our last best hope of solving some of the worldās biggest problems.
Adapted by the author from her bestselling Wonder, this bookis more of a wish for kindness than an actual portrayal of kindness. Auggie looks different from anyone else, but inside he wants the same things: to have friends, to go on adventures, to be loved for himself. Besides, isnāt everyone different in one way or another? Itās a lovely book to read with young children, leading them to the realization that acceptance is not only the best choice, but also the choice that opens up an enormous world of possibilities. As the author concludes, Look with kindness and you will always find wonder.
I know I can't change the way I look. But maybe, just maybe, people can change the way they see...
For younger readers, the unforgettable story of August Pullman and Wonder reimagined in this gorgeous picture book.
With spare, powerful text and richly-imagined illustrations, We're All Wonders shows readers what it's like to live in Auggie's world - a world in which he feels like any other kid, but he's not always seen that way.
We're All Wonders taps into every child's longing to belong, and to be seen for who they truly are. It's the perfect way for familiesā¦
My kid
absolutely adores this book! He's a big fan of anything related to cats and
funny stories featuring these furry creatures. So, when he discovered Tiger
Trouble with its one little kitty and one giant cat - a tiger, he was over the
moon.
It's such a clever twist on the typical cat story, and he finds it very
smart and entertaining. This book has become a favorite in our household,
delivering both giggles and valuable life lessons about friendship. I highly
recommend it to any young cat lover!
Lions, Tigers, and . . . a house cat?! Oh my! Life at the zoo gets complicated when a tiger finds out she as a new roommate. A purr-fect graphic chapter book series!
What makes a tiger, a tiger? Is it the stripes? The roar? This is something that Lily, the tiger at the local zoo, has never had to worry about -- until she meets the fiercest animal of them all . . . her new roommate. Tig might look like a house cat, might sound like a house cat, but Tig knows he is a Tiger.
I have always loved unicorns because they are magical and mysterious. They also represent individuality and uniqueness that makes them different. I love the different takes we see now ā the grumpy unicorn, the difficult unicorn, the stereotypical unicorn, and the kittycorn.
I love Itty Bitty Kitty-Corn because it celebrates the magic of friendship. The book is about Kitty who wants to be a unicorn but her friends try to prove she isnāt one. This book encourages kids to be exactly who they want to beāno matter what anyone says. The art is adorable to create the most heart-bursting, tail-twitching, fuzzy-feeling, perfectly unicorn-y story imaginable. You canāt help but fall in love with Kitty Corn.
From bestselling superstar duo Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham comes a
delightful kitty and unicorn story that celebrates the magic of
friendship-and being exactly who you want to be!
Kitty thinks she might be a unicorn.
She feels so perfectly unicorn-y! "Neigh!" says Kitty.
But when Unicorn clop clop clops over, sweeping his magnificent tail and neighing a mighty neigh, Kitty feels no bigger than a ball of lint.
Can this unlikely pair embrace who they are, and truly see one another?
In their first picture book together, the magical, bestselling team of
Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham put theirā¦
Iāve always identified as a weirdo and felt misunderstood, which led to lots of wasted time ātrying to fit in.ā As an adult, Iāve learned to love myself for exactly who I am, but it took a lot of work and self-reflecting. Looking back, I realize there were actually many kids who felt the same way as me and we just never managed to connect with each other! Finding people who āget youā is an important taskābut I truly believe self-love and self-acceptance is the greatest goal for all humans. I hope my books speak to the āweirdosā and non-weirdos a like, and encourages all readers to love themselves just the way they are.
Quakers thinks he is a duck and discovers heās really a cat! As a person who often felt pulled between many worlds (like being an introvert sometimes and an extrovert other times) and never really āfit inā I was cheered to see a relatable journey with a sweet, satisfying ending.
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A cat who thinks heās a duck? He must be Quackers!! This quirky funny book is about standing out, fitting in, and building a life with room for all.
Quackers is a duck. Sure, he may have paws and whiskers. And his quacks might sound more like...well, meows, but he lives among ducks, everyone he knows is a duck, and he's happy.
Then Quackers meets another duck who looks like him (& talks like him, too!)ābut he calls himself a cat. So silly!
Quackers loves being among his new friends the cats, but heā¦
Hello! I am Jane Yolen, author of almost 450 books. I write picture books and novels, poetry, and graphic novelsāmostly for children. I have published books about just about every subject imaginable. But Iāve always loved fantasy books especially. I grew up on the Alice in Wonderland books and the Arthurian legends. I, of course, carried that love into my writing lifeāhaving written about monsters, mermaids, and unicorns. Iām fascinated by fairies; they show up in a lot of what I write. Give me a real kid and a mythical creature of some sort, sprinkle in a bit of magicāIām in!
This gorgeous book is both metaphoric and literal. A young boy learns about dragons (and himself, his grandmothers, and life) on a mythical bedtime story-walk to find two very different paths.
I love the message here (and that it isnāt too in-your-face message-y; the story is really primary). But the art is so gorgeous that I could dive back into it over and over again for that alone.
Lean in close, my darling bao bei, and I will whisper a most precious secret about a powerful magic that lives inside you.
Brought to life with lavish and ornate illustrations, The Truth About Dragons follows a young child on a journey guided by his mother's bedtime storytelling. He quests into two very different forests, as his two grandmothers help him discover two different, but equally enchanting, truths about dragons. Eastern and Western mythologies coexist and enrich each other in this warm celebration of mixed cultural identity.
