How do you become brave? You fake it until you make it! Ok maybe that doesn’t resonate with littles… but this story does. If you think it, practice it, and act it out, eventually you’ll just BE brave!

We enjoyed reading this story and practicing being brave together. The illustrations are cute and my toddler liked seeing these animal friends overcome their fears and nerves to do brave things.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This fun story has such a great message for young children. Trying new things is hard and it’s important to be brave. I enjoyed all of the different ways to help yourself be brave including breathing and playing pretend. I plan to read this to my son as he gets ready to start kindergarten in the fall! I also found the note from the author in the back of the book helpful.

I Can Do It Even if I'm Scared is a sweet story with tips for children to be brave when they are scared, filled with colorful illustrations of animals.

Perfect for any children that struggle with fear or anxiety.

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This book focus on being brave when you are scared. I love books that tell a story about bravery. It’s so important for kids to know it’s ok to be scared but they can also be brave when they are scared.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley, opinions express in this review are completely my own.

A fun and engaging read to help your littles learn to overcome their fears & learn how to be brave. Gives the parents great tools to help their children cope with being scared and how to move past it. Great addition for any library whether public, classroom or private.

I received this ARC from Sourcebooks in exchange for an honest review-thank you!

This book focuses on being brave when you’re scared of something. I know my daughter would have benefited from it when she was younger!

This is a book I would add to our Children’s collection and suggest to our SEL teacher, Kindergarten, and PreK. I appreciated the Author Notes and backstory.

It would be easy to create a follow up activity for students as well.

4/5 Stars

What a beautiful book with a wonderful message. The story helps young readers to embrace all the feelings when you are worried or scared about something. The illustrations are beautiful and heartwarming.

The story talks about how everyone has a brave you inside them. We all just need to find it ♥️

Themes of bravery, feeling scared, perseverance and most importantly believing in yourself.

Great for younger readers and PSHE lessons.

Thank you to NetGalley and SourceBooks Kids for an advanced read copy of this book.

I Can Do It Even If I'm Scared is a great book to help young children cope with fear and overcome their anxieties. The book's illustrations reveal the story of a little elephant that overcomes her fears as the writer provides practical steps for young children on how to overcome things that may scare them.

This book would make an excellent addition for a social worker, school counselor, or special education teacher's library. Great for preschool or early elementary students, this book provides helpful ways for kids to overcome their worries in a healthy way that also builds their self-esteem.

We road tripped to Florida for spring break and I was so happy I had been approved for sixteen new children’s books coming out this year. It helped so much to break up some time with stories! The kids loved them and had so much fun picking out a book from my netgalley app to read. We didn’t read a single book we didn’t like! Tuckers favorite was Elmo’s new book, Kinley loved the fairy godmother book, Dawsyn loved the basketball one, and Briggs adored the animal book. I highly suggest adding all of these to your summer library reading lists for kids. I love children’s books, and these were full of beautiful illustrations, stories, and allowed us to have some great conversations after them. Thank you @netgalley for these advanced copies! @lisakatzenberger @alicewalstead @eringuendelsberger @aimeereid @christiematheson @jackjokinen @sandranickel @janechapman @hudaharajli @fraanushkin @saralauxakin @laurapurdiesalas @katyhudson emilymurrow @zackwilliams 📚📖🚗☀️🏝️🌊👙

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I can do it even if I’m scared is a story about getting kids to be brave and do things that worry them. It teaches the kids to face their fears and be the brave version of themselves.

I think this book had a great message for kids! It really focuses on facing your fears and being brave. That is helpful for kids to learn and put in practice. I also think the illustrations were cute and the kids will like looking at them.

Thanks so much to netgalley and sourcebook kids for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!