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What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do

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What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do by Davina Bell is a delightful children's book that guides young readers through feelings of uncertainty. It provides comforting stories and practical advice, helping children navigate confusion with confidence and kindness. This book encourages young minds to trust themselves and find strength in simple everyday moments.
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ABIA CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2024

It might not be how you imagined... at first.

Find a you-shaped space.

Let yourself!

Another warm and whimsical guide to negotiating life's little and big moments, What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do focuses on situations outside a child's home and domestic realm where they might feel unsure. It's another gentle exploration of empathy, courage, and confidence from award-winning and much-loved author Davina Bell, with beautiful, heartwarming illustrations by Hilary Jean Tapper.

'A compassionate guide for children navigating unfamiliar situations and emotions... Bell's text interplays tenderly with Tapper's vignettes, spotlighting significant everyday moments and challenges... The book imparts strategies without being didactic' THE GUARDIAN, Best Australian Children's Books of 2023

'Bell writes with the soft, knowing tones of a trusted friend dispensing calm advice... A gentle, appealing concept book, sure to inspire valuable conversations about social-emotional learning' KIRKUS REVIEWS

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780734422088

Publisher: Hachette Australia

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 27 September 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Lothian Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Hilary Jean Tapper

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 9.0mm

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 380g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Davina Bell (Author)

Davina Bell is a children's book editor and a writer for young people of many ages. Her picture books include All the Ways To Be Smart, All of the Factors of Why I Love Tractors, Under the Love Umbrella, What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say and What to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do. Her debut young adult novel, The End of the World is Bigger than Love, won the 2021 CBCA Book of the Year for Older Readers and the NSW Premier's Literary Awards' Ethel Turner Prize for Young Adult Fiction. What to Say When You Don't Know What to Say was the winner of the ABIA Children's Picture Book of the Year Award 2023 and a CBCA Notable Picture Book of the Year 2023.

For more information, visit www.davinabell.com

Hilary Jean Tapper (Illustrator)

Hilary Jean Tapper is an international award-winning illustrator based in New Zealand. She is winner of the ABIA (Australian Book Industry Awards) Children's Picture Book of the Year for 2023 and Forevability Book Awards 2022 (forevability.org).

Connect with Hilary on Facebook or Instagram: @hilaryjeantapper.

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