Sometimes, all I need is me

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Meet a young girl who loves her cozy home. It smells like cinnamon tea and feels like warm pajamas. But even when she’s away from home, and everything is different, she finds a way to become her own home, where she feels calm. At night, when it’s too dark and her feet are cold, her room can be a little scary. But she creates her own light when she closes her eyes and thinks of the sun. With friendliness and charm, Juliana Perdomo, in her debut as author-illustrator, shows young readers how to find comfort and confidence within. Her heartwarming picture book reassures children that sometimes, everything we need—courage, joy, peace, and love—is already inside us. -- Amazon.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Mindfulness (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.

Resilience (Personality trait) -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781536218046

Publication Information:

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, [2022]

Call Number:

P PERDOMO

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Summary

Gentle themes of resiliency, mindfulness, and self-care are brought home in this sweet and soulful picture book with charmingly graphic illustrations and a poetic text.

I love listening to music, especially samba!
It feels like my heart follows the beat.

Meet a young girl who loves her cozy home. It smells like cinnamon tea and feels like warm pajamas. But even when she's away from home, and everything is different, she finds a way to become her own home, where she feels calm. At night, when it's too dark and her feet are cold, her room can be a little scary. But she creates her own light when she closes her eyes and thinks of the sun. With friendliness and charm, Juliana Perdomo, in her debut as author-illustrator, shows young readers how to find comfort and confidence within. Her heartwarming picture book reassures children that sometimes, everything we need--courage, joy, peace, and love--is already inside us.

Author Notes

Juliana Perdomo is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and art therapist. She loves to create joyful, heartfelt stories and illustrations based on everyday inspirations and childhood memories. She is the illustrator of El Cucuy Is Scared, Too! by Donna Barba Higuera and What Is Baby Going to Do? by Laura Knowles, among other books. Juliana Perdomo lives with her son in Bogota, Colombia.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-K--In this simple ode to mindfulness and self-reliance, a young girl walks readers through pieces of her daily social-emotional journey. Her home is cozy, and "smells like cinnamon and feels like warm pajamas." When she's not home, things feel different, but she can find "home" within herself. She loves playing with her friends, but can be her own company. Dancing to music makes her happy, but she can dance to the rhythm of her own drum when things are quiet. While these concepts are abstract for the intended preschool audience, Perdomo simplifies them well enough to encourage conversation between the adults and children sharing the book. Illustrations full of vibrant color and texture, as well as racially diverse characters, give this book visual appeal for not only preschoolers, but a wide slice of the general population. While the message that "I can love myself and become whatever I need" may feel a little starry-eyed and pat to adults with more life experience, this book covers the topics of self-soothing and fostering inner peace well for a younger audience. VERDICT A worthy purchase for collections that need mindfulness/social-emotional selections for children.--Jennifer Noonan