Product Description
by Juana Medina (Author), Juana Medina (Illustrator)
From Pura Belpré Award-winning author-illustrator Juana Medina, I WILL! helps young readers to affirm how they will act with bold, colorful illustrations and simple text. This paper-over-board picture book is the first in Medina's I WILL! series.
I will be kind to others.
I will tell the truth, even if it's hard.
I will love myself.
The words and pictures in this book are promises the reader can make to themselves and to their friends and family! Full of affirmations that entertain while building self-esteem and improving communication skills, I WILL! is the perfect read aloud for kids and adults of any age. What will you do to help make this a better world?
Author Biography
Juana Medina, winner of the Pura Belpré Award for her middle-grade series, Juana and Lucas, has had her charming, sensitive artwork likened to that of illustrators such as Sempé and Jules Feiffer. Born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, and a graduate of RISD, where she has also taught, Juana now lives in the Washington, DC, area, with her wife and twin sons.
