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Will It Be Okay?: A Picture Book

Crescent Dragonwagon

Award-winning author Crescent Dragonwagon teams up with award-winning Julián Is a Mermaid illustrator Jessica Love to present a powerful updated edition of a classic picture book that asks a tough question and answers it with humanity, humor, and grace.

In this timeless picture book classic, a child asks, Will it be okay? That bee sting, that thunderstorm, those powerful feelings, losing a loved one.

Will It Be Okay? Yes--yes, it will.

"This tender tale is a balm for worried children in troubled times and a model of comfort for caregivers to offer them . . . More than OK. Much more."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"With empathy, the creators imagine a parent with an uncanny ability to hear a child's concerns, to hold the emotions that accompany them, and to think and talk about them."--Publishers Weekly

Book Details

  • Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
  • Publish Date: Sep 6th, 2022
  • Pages: 40
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.70in - 8.60in - 0.50in - 0.85lb
  • EAN: 9781951836504
  • Recommended age: 04-08
  • Categories: Social Themes - Emotions & FeelingsFamily - ParentsGirls & Women

About the Author

Dragonwagon, Crescent: - Crescent Dragonwagon is the author of more than 50 books for readers of all ages, including a new edition of her 1977 classic Will It Be Okay?, illustrated by Jessica Love. Crescent is the daughter of and literary executor for her late mother, Charlotte Zolotow. A native New Yorker, Crescent lives in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Praise for this book

**STARRED REVIEW**
"This tender tale is a balm for worried children in troubled times and a model of comfort for caregivers to offer them. . .More than OK. Much more."--Kirkus Reviews
"With empathy, the creators imagine a parent with an uncanny ability to hear a child's concerns, to hold the emotions that accompany them, and to think and talk about them."--Publishers Weekly