A super cute book about making choices. It focuses on the choices you make around a swimming pool (jumping off a diving board, which slide, sharing food) but in a way that's broadly applicable to the choices we make throughout life. Beautiful illustrations that celebrate bodies of all kinds!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an eARC of this book.

I absolutely loved this heartening book of the importance of choice. The lively illustrations were a joy to explore. The message from our tiny protagonist is that all day, every day we are making choices. And we should be aware that the choices we make, also make us the people we are. A gentle resource for teaching young children the responsibility of choice.

This simple but thought-provoking book for young readers will be a great addition to my classroom library. It explores the difference between easy, everyday choices and life-changing decisions. Do you want to blend in or do you want to stand out? This will be an excellent conversation starter for my first graders and I know that they will love the illustrations as much as I do!

Absolutely gorgeous illustrations! They're so bright, engaging, and detailed that, though the text is simple and straightforward, there are endless possibilities for further discussion in the pictures. This would work equally well in large group, small group, and one-on-one reading situations and would be appealing to a large range of ages, from the earliest readers to early elementary.

The message of the book is subtle and non-judgmental in helping kids recognize that they make choices all the time and they all have consequences, good or bad, significant or minor. It's a nice start to a conversation about personal agency and the power we all have to make positive contributions. There is also wonderful representation of many ages, races, body types, and abilities (presented incidentally, without comment).

This would be a great addition to classroom, school, and personal libraries and I'm looking forward to getting my own copy!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!