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This calming companion to the bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why is a marvelous introduction for young readers to mindfulness and keeping your cool!Missed the bus? Flubbed a test? Got overwhelmed in a crowd? When you're feeling big feelings or having a bad day,... Read More
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The Marvelous Now

This calming companion to the bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why is a marvelous introduction for young readers to mindfulness and keeping your cool!

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This calming companion to the bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why is a marvelous introduction for young readers to mindfulness and keeping your cool!

Missed the bus? Flubbed a test? Got overwhelmed in a crowd? When you're feeling big feelings or having a bad day, it can be hard to calm your racing mind and stay present. The Marvelous Now gives kids the tools to see that this is the moment where you need to be! Through accessible, rhythmic verse by Angela DiTerlizzi and colorful, joyful illustrations by Lorena Alvarez Gomez, the Now will help young readers learn to regulate their emotions, reset, and reach their happy place.

Don't miss the other books in the acclaimed series:

The Magical Yet

The Curious Why

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316500036

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 14 August 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 238.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 420g

Pages: 40

About the Author

Angela DiTerlizzi is the author of award-winning, charming, and inspiring picture books, including the New York TImes bestselling The Magical Yet, The Curious Why, A Very Cranky Book, Some Bugs, Just Add Glitter, and many others. She and her husband, bestselling author-illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, live with their daughter and two rescue dogs in Amherst, Massachusetts. She invites you to visit her online at angeladiterlizzi.com.

Lorena Alvarez Gomez is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why by Angela DiTerlizzi, The City Tree by Shira Boss, The Noon Balloon by Margaret Wise Brown, Marsha Is Magnetic by Beth Ferry, and the Carmen books by Anika Denise, among others. She lives in Bogota, Colombia, and invites you to visit her online at lorenaalvarez.com.

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