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I Am Strong Just Being Me
Author: Laura DockrillIllustrator: Kip Alizadeh‘Is strong brave and fearless?’ Bean asks their Nanna one day while out in the garden. Nanna answers Bean with a gentle rhyming exploration of strength in its many guises. Kip Alizadeh’s gorgeous, evocative illustrations of nature beautifully echo the theme — that we can all adapt and thrive, even in challenging circumstances. The book also features glorious illustrations of flowers in the endpapers, complete with their names.
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- Laura Dockrill has been shortlisted for Waterstones Book Prize
- Laura Dockril has been twice longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
- Own Voice
- LGBTQIA+ representation
- Challenges gender stereotypes
- Diverse cast
- Black/brown representation
- Mixed-heritage representation
- Single parent