Just Be You!

Whoever you are, whatever you do, however you feel . . . be YOU!

Showcasing children dressed as their favorite animals, this joyful picture book empowers the youngest of readers to be true to themselves, whoever they are and however they are feeling. Told in easy rhyming text and featuring charming illustrations, this celebratory story encourages resilience and self-acceptance.A joyful treatise on confidence.
—Kirkus ReviewsKarl Newson is the author of The Same But Different Too, illustrated by Kate Hindley; How to Help a Friend and How to Be Brave, both illustrated by Clara Anganuzzi; and the award-winning I Am a Tiger series, among other books. He lives in London with his family.

Ela Smietanka is a Polish illustrator. She followed her dreams of becoming an artist, graduating from the Faculty of Graphic Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, where she now lives with her husband, two sons, and a cat named Brush.