A Book for Classrooms & School Libraries
A social-emotional learning picture book about confidence, resilience, and belonging.
Written for Classrooms and Reading Circles
At its heart, it's a social-emotional learning (SEL) book - the kind of story that gives young readers language for feelings they don't always know how to name yet: feeling different, feeling afraid, feeling like you're not quite measuring up.
Rather than resolve those feelings quickly, the book sits with them
Freddy fails before he succeeds. He's scared before he's brave. And he doesn't get there alone - his parents guide him, and his friends grow up right alongside him. It's a story built for conversation, not just reading.
Discussion Questions for the Classroom
A short set of open-ended questions is available for teachers to use before, during and after reading - covering what makes Freddy different, why he keeps trying even after he fails, and how his friends and parents help him along the way.
Available as a free downloadable PDF - see below