What a sweet story about accepting who you are and sharing love and friendship with others. This was a wonderful story about Nour. She lights up from within and shines wherever she goes. She considers it her superpower until she goes to school and mean comments make her doubt her superpower. She tries to hide it until it’s barely showing at all. One night, her baby sister cries out and is scared of the dark. Nour goes to comfort her and learns an important lesson about herself and her superpower in the process. This is definitely a book I’d love to read to my class.

Nour is born glowing, literally. As a little girl, her glow makes her the center of attention, even though she's a bit of an introvert. When she goes to school, the other kids aren't very impressed, because glowing isn't really a superpower. Embarrassed, she goes to great measures to hide her glow, until one day, when she notices her glow has faded to a flicker.

So, the illustrations in this book are darling. They really pop and the illustrator creates a beautiful warm glow around Nour. The characters are diverse, which is always a plus.

The story itself is okay. It teaches the reader a lesson about being themselves, but in a very predictable, uneventful way. The lesson of the story is great, I just feel like I've read a hundred variations of it before.

This appears to be a story about a little girl that glows and shines. She is happy with her glow and refers to it as her superpower. When the kids at school start to question her glow and inform her that it is nothing special, she begins to dim until her glow all but disappears. Of course this is a euphemism for any skill, characteristic or individual gift that a person may have that is belittled by others. It takes courage to ignore the comments of others and let yourself shine. I really like this little story. The little girl is beautiful and the illustrations demonstrate this. As she doubts herself, she loses her light and eventually learns to let her light shine and to share it with others, especially her sister. My grandchildren loved this little story. My grandson loved that she shone and was sad when her glow went out. He was very happy that she got it back. I am not sure if got the full message of letting your true personality and self shine, but I think he will eventually. One that I think should be in any school or public library.

Disclaimer I received a copy as an ARC via NetGalley.

This book and its metaphor is super cute. Being different is hard for kids when faced with people who don't value the difference. Having adults and others who value the differences and support them is so important.

This is a lovely, sweet story about a girl finding her place. So many kids feel that what they can do isn't important, Nour (an interesting name for the author to chose) is able to realize that her talents are helpful and useful. The illustrations are light-filled (except when they aren't supposed to be. My only complaint would be that the pages where the words are in brown are a little hard to read. I read it on the computer, so it may be different in the print version.

This was a gorgeously illustrated title with words that flowed smoothly and artistically. I liked the message about shining your light and learning not to dull yourself for others.

This is a beautifully illustrated book with an equally beautiful theme. A little girl glows and loves her glow until she starts to doubt herself and decides to hide it. She ultimately learns to not only embrace her beautiful gift but share it with others. The artwork is absolutely gorgeous, the little girl is lovely inside and out, and the message is wonderful. Highly recommended.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Loved the book and the illustrations. Nour story was beautiful and well told. It taught a lesson to young kids to love themselves and how to be kind. I would recommend this book to all my little cousins.

Sweet story about a little girl who glows and her journey to self-acceptance as she is rejected and questioned by classmates. This book also has beautiful illustrations.

Thank you Netgalley and Annick Press for the advance egalley of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A beautifully illustrated book with a great moral and realistic characters. What’s not to love?! My kids enjoyed this story.

What makes someone a super hero? Is is power? Strength? Or simply a special gift that we can freely give to others? Nour was born with a bright, beautiful light and she loves her special gift. Then it's time to start school and sadly, her classmates do not feel the same. Nour begins to feed sadness and even shame and she begins to hide her light. The light nearly goes completely out until her sister needs her. Only then does she realize what a powerful gift she has and needs to share it with others.
What a wonderful story about how impactful you can be with your simple gifts and also how damaging words can be. I would love to hear children's conversations after reading this book!

Cute story! I think kids would be able to relate to the part at school when other kids start saying things about her glowing. I think this book could also lead to a discussion about what kids could do to help spread their glow as well as a discussion on how our words impact others.

On the surface, this is a story about a little girl who literally glows... until her confidence is shaken by the unkind words of others. Really, though, it's not about a kid who glows like a superhero; it's the story of someone learning to rediscover a valuable part of themselves.

The story is simple, but written well. The illustrations are the real star here, though. Heavy on turquoise and gold, the scenes with Nour practically glow. The whole book is pleasant to look at. I appreciate the diversity shown, both at school and within Nour's own family; her Arabic name also ties in nicely with the plot.

I would definitely recommend this one. It's a cute story with a good message about being brave enough to own our strengths, and being able to use them when someone needs our help.

This a fantastic book about a good girl named Nour. She glows brightly and loves her glow until she gets to school and others question her. They make fun of her. This makes her lose that glow. This is a great book to use for theme and figurative language.

This is the story of Nour who glows. But when she first starts school, she becomes worried about the glowing. So she hides it until it's practically gone. However, one night her baby sister needs some comforting, so Nour ends up sharing her glowingness. And that's when she realizes that she can share it with other people.

The illustrations are beautiful. I really like how they captured the glowing, something that's not easy to show in illustration, I think. Well done! I especially loved the one of her as the superhero.

This is the story of a little girl who is just a little bit different than those around her. She is full of light. She is quite disappointed with her difference when she first begins schools, but then she learns what she can truly do with that difference.

The moral of the story was beautiful, but I'm not sure that I'm completely in love with the illustrations in this book.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

A really cute children's book where Nour feels different because she has an inner light that shines. She tries to hide it, but discovers that she can pass that on to others. A great message about spreading positivity to others.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Nour is so flipping cute! The message of spreading your positivity message is very well done and not to on the nose to feel like it is talking down to children.