Will It Be Okay?
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
- Dimensions: 10.70in - 8.60in - 0.50in - 0.85lb
- EAN: 9781951836504
- Recommended age: 04-08
- Categories: • Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings• Family - Parents• Girls & 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
"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