Some Days I'm the Wind

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Some days you may feel like a cyclone, a whirl, dizzy, giddy, wild. Other days, you're a whisper, a breeze, gentle mellow, mild. You can feel a different way each day, and that's ok! A calming reminder that you can feel a different way each day - and that's ok! And just like the wind, or the sun or the sea, On some days I'm some ways, but all days, I'm me. Some days you may feel like a cyclone, a whirl, dizzy, giddy, wild. Other days, you're a whisper, a breeze, gentle mellow, mild. You're not the same each day, and Some Days I'm the Wind is here to say that's ok! In this calming poem, reassuring phrases encourage readers to meet themselves as they are and explore all sides of their emotions and personalities. . Teaches kids there are no good or bad feelings. All feelings are feelings! . A perfect companion read to Whatever Comes Tomorrow . Endnotes provide further exercises to explore feelings through poetry and writing AGES: 3 to 5 AUTHOR: Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a children's book author, poet, and journalist with a particular penchant for penning both playful and poignant picture books and poems primarily in rhyme. Rebecca's award-winning poems and articles have appeared in numerous anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She lives in the suburban jungles of New Jersey, USA, with her husband and two boisterous boys. Dinara Mirtalipova is an award-winning folk artist with a passion for visual storytelling and an admiration for cultures and craftsmanship. Influenced by traditional folklore and classic fairytales, she prefers to draw and paint by hand in bright primary colors with traditional materials such as gouache. She currently divides her time between an Assistant Professor position at Cleveland Institute of Art and working on collaborations and commissions from her home studio in Northeast Ohio. SELLING POINTS: . AUTHOR: Written by Rebecca Gardyn Levington, critically acclaimed author of Whatever Comes Tomorrow (2024 Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrated Crystal Kite Honor Book and winner of the 2023 Northern Lights Book Award) . ILLUSTRATOR: Illustrated by award-winning artist Dinara Mirtalipova who also illustrated Woven of the World (Bologna Ragazzi Award 2023, Grand Prix BIBF Ananas award 2023, Silver Medal from Society of Illustrators 2023) . SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: Addresses our ever-shifting emotions in an original, nuanced way . MINDFULNESS: Teaches mindfulness through cultivating recognition and acceptance of all feelings, whether good or bad . POETRY: Lyrical phrases calmly reassure readers . ENDNOTES: Extra writing activities about poetry and emotions are featured at the end of the book

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Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a childrens book author, poet, and journalist with a particular penchant for penning both playful and poignant picture books and poems primarily in rhyme. Rebeccas award-winning poems and articles have appeared in numerous anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She lives in the suburban jungles of New Jersey, USA, with her husband and two boisterous boys.

Dinara Mirtalipova is an award-winning folk artist with a passion for visual storytelling and an admiration for cultures and craftsmanship. Influenced by traditional folklore and classic fairytales, she prefers to draw and paint by hand in bright primary colors with traditional materials such as gouache. She currently divides her time between an Assistant Professor position at Cleveland Institute of Art and working on collaborations and commissions from her home studio in Northeast Ohio.