For kids encountering the pressure to fit in with peers, this picture—book story explores a concept that is key to happiness: how much is enough? How many friends, turns, clothes, toys, fashion accessories, books? How much of anything? The pictures follow one child as she learns the difference between wanting and needing and, in the end, feels the contentment that flows from being satisfied with what she has. The text, meanwhile, frames a difficult idea in simple, spare language: "Somewhere between a little and a lot, there is Enough. It might be hard to spot, but it's always there."
Jessica Whipple (Lancaster, PA) has worked as a copywriter and in communications for a Pennsylvania nonprofit. Now an SCBWI member, she has sold articles to Highlights and is a long—term contributor to Wildflowers: A Creative Magazine for Girls. This is Jessica's first children's book, which she wrote with her two young daughters in mind.
Nicole Wong was raised by a designer/painter dad and a fashion—illustrator mom and never thought of becoming anything except an illustrator. She has illustrated twenty—five children's books with collage, egg tempera, oils, watercolor, ink, and other media, including Three Lost Seeds (page 80) and I'll Be the Water (page 72). Her illustrations for Kiyoshi's Walk earned starred reviews from Kirkus ("captivating") and SLJ ("wonderful").
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