You Are (Not) Small

Kang, A., & Weyant, C. (2014). You are (not) small. New York: Two Lions

A book about perspective. Who will settle the argument of who is small and who is big? These interesting characters have a disagreement that just can’t be settled. It points out the characters’ differences in size and neither can seem to accept that they are small or (not) small. So as the pictures clearly illustrate that there is indeed a difference in size, these two fuzzy creatures will not budge. So is the underlying message perhaps, should we accept what we are? Fun and a little bit silly, this tale will surely make you think.

Sometimes we perceive ourselves are something that we are not. Whether we think we are too short, or too tall, or too pretty, or too ugly, sometimes we are neither. We may think we are too good for something, or not good enough, and it's not until we experience and see different things do we realize how wrong we were about ourselves. This is what this novel does. It teaches the reader that things are not the way we believe they are. I read it to my four year old who is always telling me that he's not a baby anymore, that he's a big boy...and I'm thinking he's still my baby...so maybe we can each learn to accept that he's not that much of a big boy and that he's not that much of a baby either. :(

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