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My daughter is starting to deal with those big feelings at school, and watching Sammy go pink with self-consciousness really clicked with her. The way the story shows him finding his own way to tackle the embarrassment felt genuine.

My son gets so embarrassed at school, and seeing Sammy turn pink really helped him open up about it. The way the book tackles those big feelings without being preachy is exactly what we needed.

The illustrations do a lovely job of showing Sammy’s blush turning from pink to calm, which helped my son actually talk about his own anxious moments. We’ve read it three nights in a row now, and he’s started asking “what makes me go pink” before bed, so it’s clearly landing. Only wish the story had