This would be such a helpful book for kids who need to work through their fears! The pictures were fantastic too.

What a wonderful feel-good story for kids. Teaches some wonderful lessons!

Highly recommend this book to parents! Teach your kids "I Can" instead of "I Can't"

This book is sooo cute and wonderful. I loved the story and the pictures. It shows what you can achieve in a totally believable setting. So educative and good for every child. Will read it in school.

This was the cutest book about believing in yourself. I love Emily's idea of using the paper shredder. This was a great message to students and teachers to believe in themselves. Such a cute book with a great message. I will definitely recommend this book to my students.

"I can" is a very important statement to learn. Kids need the extra encouragement in their lives. Everything is new and scary to them. They've not tried many things, so for them they really don't know yet if they can or can't. Teaching them to always view life with "I can" will give them the push they need throughout their entire life, because even if they don't get it right away, they still can with lots of practice and perseverance.

I love the idea of a paper shredder getting turned into an "I Can't" monster, eating away at everything we say we can't do.

@Thanks NetGalley for giving me the access to read this beautiful story about a kid who understood how to overcome her problems. I loved very much the story.
Furthermore, I give 4 stars to this book.

(9 year old girl) Even though she thought she couldn’t speak in front of the class that was her thinking she couldn’t do it but when she started to believe in herself she could. I thought this was a great inspirational book. Everyone should believe in themselves no matter how much they think they can’t do it.

5/5 stars

Genre: Children's Fiction

Description:

A delightful but powerful story that offers children lifelong lessons about believing in themselves, bolstering their self-esteem, and turning the words "I Can't" into "I Can!

Molly has been chosen to be the next Star of the Day! Most kids would be excited. Molly, however, is terrified! She just can't speak in front of her class. She worries all day. She frets all night. "I can't . . . I can't," Molly convinces herself. Or can she?

I Can Believe in Myself is a book that challenges children to change the way they think. Other themes in this book include compassion, confidence, and self-esteem as Molly convinces her classmates--and even her teacher--that they can, indeed, change their perceptions and do things they never thought possible.

Pros:

- Beautiful comic style artwork.
- Engaging and educational story.
- 7-year-old Bonus Daughter made me read it to her over and over again.
- Even includes activities for parents or teachers to do with kids!
- My point of view as a teacher: The activities are appropriate and engaging.

Cons:

- Not a thing.

Would I recommend it?

Absolutely yes!

This is a nice story with a positive message: turn i can’t into I can! Molly is scared to do a show and tell. She has confidence in her friends but not in herself. When she realizes that, she finds a way to overcome her fears and encourage her friends to overcome theirs. Molly finds a way to change her perspective and shares her technique with her friends.

The idea of “shredding” fears and getting rid of them is clear and vivid to the reader. I loved the illustrations, they match the tone of the story so well. The tips at the end of the book are helpful too, for both classroom and home discussions. This is a good book for discussions about feelings, facing fears, and encouraging our friends. It has a place in a collection of books focused on wellbeing and mental health

Thank you to NetGalley, Jack Canfield, Miriam Laundry (authors) and Eva Morales (illustrator) for a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

As a mother and a therapist, I’m always looking for new books to share with families and activities to incorporate into skill building or self growth discussions.;this book appeals to young and elementary aged kids and provides a great platform for parents, teachers, and therapists to discuss negative feelings and encourage positive affirmations. I really liked the mindfulness and visualization activities and discussion tips to keep the conversation going. I highly recommend this book for parent or anyone working with children.

Molly is chosen to be the class star. She is has lots of anxiety over speaking in front of her class mates. She believes “can not.” She finds her friends being negative, thinking they “can not”that just doesn’t set well with Molly. So she finds a way to change that all on her own!
A moving book on the power of our thoughts and words. Lovely illustrations that help tie the plot all together.
As a mother I really enjoyed the extras at the end to find our own way to change our words.
***I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.***.

A really cute and fun book that reminds us of the lesson that you can do something if you just try. This book is very much like a graphic novel, and any child that likes that, would surely enjoy reading it. My daughter loved the format of it. The illustrations themselves are great, and easy to look at and take off with your imagination.

I Can Believe in Myself by Jack Canfield and Miriam Laundry is a lovely little story that focuses on helping children build self-esteem and believe in themselves. Molly is afraid of speaking in front of the class and has convinced herself that she JUST CAN’T do it. But when she sees her classmates doing the same thing – each one persuading themself that they JUST CAN’T do something – she finds a really clever and novel way to help herself and her classmates, and even her teacher realize that they CAN do things after all.

The artwork is great – kudos to the illustrator of this book. The authors have also included a variety of suggested activities for teachers and parents to help reinforce the book’s message and help kids build self-esteem.

I definitely recommend this book for elementary school teachers and for parents of younger children.

Thanks to NetGalley for giving me a free e-copy of this book.

I like the idea. It would be a good book as a read-aloud or book club. Good inspiration for positive thinking and it has great ideas.

This is a picture book that reads like a graphic novel. All students who are shy should read it. It is a very powerful message and gives the message that you don't know if you can really do something unless you try.

Written in a comic book form about a girl who is afraid to speak up in front of the class. She realizes that she is surrounded by people saying I CAN'T and she wants to help them. She creates a machine that eats their worries and I CAN'T statements to help them overcome what's stopping them. Perfect for upper elementary and many teach pieces are included at the end.

I received an eARC through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This is a fantastic book for young readers (and even us not so young readers!) to come up with self affirmation's.

Teaching young people to believe in themselves and to help boost others is so important. This wonderful book has helpful notes in the back for parents/guardians/teachers to read and incorporate ways of helping to boost young individuals self confidence and self belief. All tied in with wonderful illustrations.

I think this book has great appeal in its story and cartoon illustrations. There are resources for educators at the back including encouraging affirmations for a younger audience which I thought were valuable. Nicely done.

This is a nice children's story about believing you can do something if you just try. It's a very important lesson for kids. I would read this to my grandson.

I received a free copy of this book from the publishers via Netgalley. My review is voluntary.

5 "yes I can" stars!

This is an absolute delightful and powerful story that offers not only children but also adults, lifelong lessons about believing in themselves, bolstering their self-esteem, and turning the words "I Can't" into "I Can!"
I loved the mole in this graphic book and will definitely include it in my lesson about ability.