Books like Be Brave Little Penguin
By Giles Andreae
For the kid who hangs back at the pool edge or hovers on the sidelines before trying something new, Pip-Pip's story feels like a mirror. Warm, rhythmic, and gently reassuring, with rhyme that carries you toward a hopeful ending.
A giraffe named Gerald longs to dance but his crooked knees and thin legs keep tripping him up, until an unlikely friend offers just the encouragement he needs.
A war horse named Clyde is terrified of nearly everything, but faced with real danger, he decides that acting brave might matter more than actually feeling brave.
A poodle growing up among three talented bulldog brothers isn't sure what makes her special — until Gaston's sister Ooh-La-La goes missing in the park and Antoinette feels a pull to find her.
A dressmaker's daughter sets out alone through a fierce snowstorm to deliver a duchess's ball gown, battling howling wind and deep drifts to complete her mother's errand.
A shy hippopotamus watches from the sidelines as other animals romp in a bog, try on hats, and go jogging together, until she must decide whether to finally say yes and join in.
An egg named Humpty Dumpty loves nothing more than watching birds from high on the city wall — until a great fall leaves him terrified of heights, and he must find the courage to climb again.
A timid squirrel afraid of thunder, hawks, and dark forest paths must carry soup through Buckthorn Forest to her sick Granny Oak, facing creatures who want to help — and some who want the soup.
A poem-wish spoken over a growing girl, asking that she be shielded from nightmares at three, false friends at fifteen, and given clear sight and courage for whatever roads lie ahead.
An original poem celebrates girls and girlhood in all their forms, honoring how girls have shaped history while calling them to stand together and march boldly into the future.
A playful young tugboat would rather spin figure eights and pester the other boats than do any real tugging, until a storm strands him alone at sea near a stuck ocean liner in trouble.
A young mouse and her doll Eleanor are cornered by a trio of bullies on the road, until Hazel's mother arrives in a surprising, fierce rescue.
A parent looks at a child and wonders aloud, in rhyme, about all the different people they might grow up to be — brave, clever, silly, wise — no matter what.
