• Age: 5 to 8
• Grade: k to 3

A clever, amusingly meta picture book with a wholesome message that teaches kids to love themselves just the way they are.

Meet "Book"—a plain old book with a dusty yellow jacket and torn pages. When Book’s library closes, it moves to a new one in a neighboring town, expecting a friendly welcome. But the kids there don’t care for books with dusty jackets and torn pages! So, Book hatches a plan to change its jacket and rewrites its pages to fit in with the new crowd. After several hilarious failures to do so, Book finally learns to accept itself just the way it always was—spelling misteaks and all.

Joren Cull's profile page

Joren Cull is an author, illustrator, and animator from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their work has appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, National Geographic, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Guardian, Reader’s Digest, and The Globe and Mail. Joren’s work has been celebrated with awards from American Illustration, Applied Arts, and The National Magazine Awards. They also received a Webby Award for best animation. Joren likes ice cream and records!

"Give this one to a kiddo having a rough time fitting into a new environment, or anyone who appreciates a cheeky, self-referential sense of humor."—The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"Narrated in rigorous rhyme by a jaunty yellow tome, Cull’s self-referential work explores confidence and fitting in at a new school."—Publishers Weekly