
Who Are You?
Claire Keane(Author)
Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
Published on 24. March 2026
Book
Hardback
40 pages
979-8-217-02913-6 (ISBN)
Description
A young girl spends the day exploring the outdoors, and as she does, she realizes that every experience--from watching butterflies flit to feeling the sting of raindrops--shapes who she is meant to become. A perfect gift for graduation or any special occasion.
Who are you?
asks the wide world around me.
I am the solid rock beneath me,
the soft clouds above me
and the air moving through me
With each step in nature, a young girl contemplates her place in the world. The question, "Who Are You?" becomes a mantra, asked by the wide sky above and the valley below. It echoes through her adventures as she encounters life's simple treasures-a fallen acorn, a graceful butterfly, the embrace of a towering tree. But everything isn't sunshine and butterflies. There are also unexpected challenges-the sting of raindrops, the uncertainty of darkness. But as the girl perseveres, she realizes that every moment-light or dark-is part of the journey that will lead her to where she needs to be and who she is meant to become.
Here is a moving and whimsical picture book that places value on who you are, not what you are.
Who are you?
asks the wide world around me.
I am the solid rock beneath me,
the soft clouds above me
and the air moving through me
With each step in nature, a young girl contemplates her place in the world. The question, "Who Are You?" becomes a mantra, asked by the wide sky above and the valley below. It echoes through her adventures as she encounters life's simple treasures-a fallen acorn, a graceful butterfly, the embrace of a towering tree. But everything isn't sunshine and butterflies. There are also unexpected challenges-the sting of raindrops, the uncertainty of darkness. But as the girl perseveres, she realizes that every moment-light or dark-is part of the journey that will lead her to where she needs to be and who she is meant to become.
Here is a moving and whimsical picture book that places value on who you are, not what you are.
Reviews / Votes
"An artful invitation to big questions and connections." -Kirkus Reviews"The no-tech, boots-on-the-ground, no-holds-barred sense of independent adventure at the heart of this book is a guidepost to the traditional childhood of generations past and is a breath of fresh air." -School Library Journal
"A breezy read aloud to encourage interactions with nature." -Booklist
"Keane offers a centering path forward in this portrait of self-discovery through connection." -Publishers Weekly
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 4 to 8 years
Illustrations
FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
Dimensions
Height: 298 mm
Width: 232 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
486 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-217-02913-6 (9798217029136)
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Person
Claire Keane is the author-illustrator of Little Big Girl and Once Upon a Cloud and the illustrator of Paolo, Emperor of Rome by Mac Barnett and Why? by Adam Rex, Prunella by Beth Ferry, which received four starred reviews, and Make Way by Angela Burke Kunkel, which received two starred reviews. She is also known for her development art for the movies Tangled and Frozen. She studied at Ecole Superieure d'Arts Graphiques in Paris.