This is a cute and simple story about a little creature who could be something like a fairy, but more reminded me of one of The Littles (if you remember that cartoon from the 1980s). Or perhaps you would be more familiar with The Borrowers? And this little creature loves to go exploring around the house during the day, but is scared by some kind of a shadow. But this little crisis turns into a new kind of friendship. It inspires a sense of adventure, even in your own home, and kind of reminded me of my explorations around the house when I was a kid. 

The drawings are also simple with a subtle color palette, but also inspire a sense of adventure and a bit of confidence with the creature who is narrating the story. It was a fun read.

Thank you to the publisher for fulfilling my review request via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me a free e-arc in exchange for an honest review. 

This was cute. It actually made me laugh. Black cats are the best and the illustrations really captured their playful nature.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is a beautifully illustrated picture book about a little girl who plays make believe in her own house, imagining she is tiny and everything is bigger than her. Her imagination has no bounds and she has many adventures. Then she becomes scared as a shadow is following her which turns out to be a cat. She confronts the shadow using her bravery even though she is scared, and they end up having adventures together.

This is a different imaginative take on being brave and overcoming your fears for children.

I received a copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A lovely concept with vivid, colourful illustrations weaving the story of the journey.

The illustrations are good, but I didn't find the story interesting. Maybe too simple, or I'm too old to understand it.
The title was what caught my attention. Perhaps the message I wanted to convey is that if we don't have a little courage we can miss out on great opportunities.

Beautiful illustrations - crisp and clear. The text follows these pictures and together they tell the story.
A lovely book for young kids learning to read.
It has the "scary" elements that really appeal to younger readers and a lovely, guessable ending. I can already hear kids shouting "More, More!"
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this book.

This is a cute little story, much in a similar vein to Arietty from the Borrowers or to Thumbelina. There is not too much to the story, and the illustrations really speak for themselves, but I really enjoyed how the girl had agency and took charge of conquering her fear, discovering something special in the end. The ending IS open-ended, but I think that leaves the story open for discussion and insight from the children reading it. I think this would be a good story for early readers or younger children, but I think older readers could find a special sort of comfort in conquering their own fears as well.

This is the book that to me show the safety inside our own bubble until something unusual came our way and then we became sacred because of it. This is a book that remind me to have a little courage and face my fear. Because sometimes, we may ended up experiencing a great thing that makes our lives better.  
A Little Courage is also a wonderful book with wonderful illustration throughout. I adore it so so much. It makes me want to jump inside the book and just have fun with them.
So many takes that you can get from this book :) I really hope you'd pick it up.

A brief whimsical tale, A Little Courage follows a miniature sized girl as she goes about her day playing and discovering and overcoming fears. It’s primarily about curiosity and how everything can be an adventure to the eyes of a child and is full of delicate and charming illustrations. A quick but fun read, while the pictures are something you can spend longer looking at. (I enjoyed spying familiar things from my own household--the stovetop coffee maker, Moomin books on the shelf, a bit of organized mess.)

This book was super cute and had a great message. The book was all about being brave and making friends. The little girl is miniature so everything in her life is just a little bit harder. Once she meets a friend life becomes easier and they go on adventures together.  The illustrations are beautiful, I like the muted colors and sketched look. What a fun story, I hope there’s another!

Thanks to Netgalley for this ARC copy in exchange for my honest review.

I love how the adventures adapt when they become friends. I could see their adventures changing again when they meet new friends beyond the house!

This cute little book is about overcoming a fear and discovering something wonderful in its place. In this story the child is mini-size (as im sure most lil kids feel in comparison to adults) and the child finds a fun companion in the fearful shadow that stalks her.
I felt the ending was abrupt, it was a very short story, but very cute. My granddaughter liked the visuals of the lil mini kid riding on the back of the cat!!

It was my first time reading a children's fiction book. I liked the illustration, tho i thought it could have been a little bit bold and more colorful as children are often interested in these kind of illustrations. Also the tiny girl might seem strange and not interesting to some kids. The story holds a few precious lessons for children and also adults, haha! Cherishing friendship, adventures and most of all courage!

Wonderful illustration style, and a whimsical new world. I am intrigued to see if Taltal Levi will continue this series outside of the home setting of this book. A Little Courage holds a lesson for children that sometimes things can be a lot less scary than they seem, and that if you give a new person in your life a chance - you can make a great friend along the way!

Thanks to NetGalley and NorthSouth Books for providing me with a free copy of this book in return for an honest review. I am torn on this book. I keep thinking how this could have been somewhat like Thumbelina and instead we have a little person who romps through the house free as a lark until she sees a shadow. She has to overcome some fear to make friends with the cat who is making the shadow. At the end we see another shadow and the book ends. The illustrations are just OK, as is the story. Lots of dangerous items in the house the little person plays among and the little person has no real name or personality. Maybe a little girl will like this book, but I doubt little boys will get a thrill out of this. Is it an OK story but could have been better.

A tiny girl awakes every day to explore the great big world around her, and she is an extra tiny girl. One day she comes across a fluffy creature and must find the courage to find out what it is. 

The illustrations in this children's book were wonderful. The whimsical story along with these images really made the book a great read. The author explored the wonders of the world from a smaller perspective and makes them so much more interesting. 

I think that parents and their children alike will enjoy this book. It is fun and magical and overall just a gorgeous book.

There wasn't really a story here. You had 20 or so pages of 'story', some with a single word others with no words, and scratchy drawings with muted colours of a tiny girl going about her business in the house with no rhyme or reason. There was no 'courage' to speak of unless the act of charging the cat shadow with a pin is courage? I've come to expect some kind of moral or lesson to be weaved in a fun way through a kid's book and there was nothing to behold here. It was just a book about nothing that utterly failed to connect. Not one I'd recommend, I'm afraid!

This was an alright book. I read it to my almost 11 month son. I didn't really understand the point of the story and it was so short. I probably wouldn't recommend to anyone.

I first read this book by myself and then to my almost 4 year old granddaughter. I think that the illustrations are interesting and beautiful in their own way. They did not appeal to my granddaughter, the idea of a tiny person didn't peak her interest.

There were actually some things I did not like at all in the book. It showed some dangerous things that a child could get into, right from the start. There are scissors shown and a tube of toothpaste squeezed on the floor. There is a candle with a book of matches, the little girl uses what looks like a pin to first come close to the cat, is this how we would want a child to approach any animal? Those things alone are not things that any parent would encourage a child to "discover". Then there was the fact that she went on "quests and adventures beyond the front door", again not a good example for a little one.

I have given the book two stars simply because of the illustrations. I could't encourage the purchase of this book. The blurb for the book states that it is about courage, imagination and friendship.I didn't really see any courage demonstrated in this book and it was a disappointment.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.

I also posted this review on Amazon

This is an adorable children's book about a tiny person, standing about as tall as an average tea cup,  living in, exploring, and having fun in someone's home. As a child, I loved stories of little people like this and the child still in me really enjoyed reading this book. The illustrations in this book appear to have been drawn by pencil and colored pencils, and they are so cute!