I AM QUIET: A STORY FOR THE INTROVERT IN ALL OF US children’s picture book by Andie Powers and Betsy Petersen (Bala Kids, April 2022) Hardcover, 32 pages. ISBN #9781611809848
Emile may seem timid and shy on the outside, but on the inside he is bustling with imagination. While grownups and even other kids may see Emile as the shy kid who doesn’t raise his hand in class, we know that Emile is actually a high-seas adventurer, a daring explorer, and a friend to wild beasts.
This story honors and encourages the beauty of knowing ourselves for exactly who we are. Emile’s world shows us that the mind of a quiet child can be as rich, expansive, and bold as that of any other (more extroverted) child.
My Five-Star Review on the Goodreads website . . . . .
A simple yet eloquent book for young children, middle-grade readers and everyone else, including adults.
I can see why this was a 2022 Goodreads Choice Award winner for Middle Grade/Childrens fiction.
As a young child I was introverted and judged as shy. In truth I was a little bit of both. In hindsight, I could have benefited from adults being a little less judgmental and trying to learn more about me,
That's the message that come through from this book.
It's a nice uplifting message to young children that you are not necessarily inferior, you are just quiet.
The author's notes at the end of the book says it all. She was inspired to write this based on an experience when her daughter was one-years old.
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