Jayden Noticed
By (Author) Carolyn Crimi
Illustrated by Shamar Knight-Justice
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Candlewick Press,U.S.
1st February 2026
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction and true stories
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Hardback
32
Width 214mm, Height 260mm
567g
With the help of a rock hes collected, a child moving to a new house learns to embrace change and make a like-minded friend in this story celebrating our most thoughtful little observers.
Jayden notices everything. He notices the way the moon looks different every night as it peeks through the oak tree. He notices spiderweb wheels and egg freckles, mouse paws and rose petals. But most of all, Jayden notices rocks. Jayden collects a rock to go with everything: a homework rock, a Saturday rock, even enough wishing rocks to fill up a jar. But now that he and his family have moved to a different house, where the trees are too short, the color is off, and the mailbox is in the wrong place, will he find a rock to grant him courageand help him make a new friend, maybe even a noticer like him In a tender story for curious and observant little readers, Carolyn Crimis text joins with Shamar Knight-Justices expressive illustrations in a tale that offers comfort in the face of lifes many changes.
Carolyn Crimi is the author of several books for children, including Wheres My Mummy, Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, and Henry and the Crazed Chicken Pirates, all illustrated by John Manders; There Might Be Lobsters, illustrated by Laurel Molk; and Weird Little Robots, illustrated by Corinna Luyken. She lives in Illinois.