The Big Book about Being Big

(Hardback)

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The perfect book for every kid who can't wait to be big. But being big is more than being taller or doing whatever you want! A beautifully illustrated picture book with a "BIG" message, BIG is the perfect gift to celebrate all the biggest milestones in life, in the spirit of Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Places You'll Go! Are you big yet Follow three young friends as they figure out that being BIG isn't measured by years, or weight, or inches. It's being healthy. Being imaginative. Being kind and helpful. It's being a friend to others, and a friend to the Earth. It's being the biggest YOU you can be! Every day, in lots of little ways, readers will discover we all have the chance to be BIG! Touching on ideas such as health, citizenship, and imagination, BIG is the key to heartfelt dialogue between children and caregivers about the importance of values over valuables.

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"A multiracial cast of children demonstrates that 'BIG is being the / BIGGEST YOU / that you can be'... for redirecting children's focus from things and abilities to relationships and character is the goal." - Kirkus Reviews

Author Bio

COLEEN MURTAGH PARATORE is a native of Troy, New York. Coleen's fascination with words has taken her from first place in a grammar-school poetry contest to a master's degree in English from Trinity College. Now a full-time author and teacher of writing, she has published twenty books with more on the way. Learn more about Coleen at www.coleenparatore.com.