I Am a Force of Nature is a beautiful board book that helps kids explore their feelings and encourages them to be curious about the world around them. Through exploration, kids will discover and recognize the same brave, playful, colorful and crabby qualities found in animals and nature within themselves. Discovering these qualities will. not only pique their curiosity about nature, but also give them a sense of richness and confidence about who they are. Beginning with the shining sun, each page intentionally shifts the energy to bring the child to a state of rest and ease at the end of the book, ready for sleep.
Evaluation comments:
beautifully illustrated and developmentally appropriate. It is a book about power, about all that the child can be. “Shine like the golden sun”, “cranky like a crabby crab,” “strong and still like a snow-peaked mountain” and more. This is a wonderful book for talking about feelings.”
“I love the simplicity of the book and it is developmentally appropriate for preschoolers. I like how it can encourage discussion about feelings. The illustrations are beautiful as well.”
“This one is a keeper! I am looking forward to reading it to my own students and would definitely buy it as a gift for a family with preschoolers or a preschool teacher.”
“This board book is quite adorable on many levels.”
“The book embraces diversity of emotions and the illustrations feature character diversity.”
“I like the charming animals, but I also like that the book starts with a sun and ends with stars and sleepy so it becomes a natural for a bedtime story, but it doesn’t have to be a bedtime story.”
“I love the color palette used. There is a certain charm to some pages like the playful monkey, but then there is a serenity in the illustration of “strong” and “still.”
“Well done. Loved this book.”