Verity Finds Her Voice
Published on 1. May 2025
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-921497-14-8 (ISBN)
Description
When quiet, shy
Verity eventually finds the courage to speak up, she discovers that standing on
her own two feet can be amazing!
Verity is a shy preschooler who is accommodating and
quiet, and always does whatever others tell her. She picks up after her
friends, has no say in games, and even plays second fiddle to a drooling baby
at the doctor's office. After a typical week of quiet deference to everyone
around her, Verity is miserable.
But when she is overlooked at swimming class (her most
favorite thing of all), Verity realizes something needs to change - and she
discovers within herself the courage to speak up. What she finds is that by
speaking up in a polite, positive way, she can change her world for the better
and find joy in asserting herself.
Verity Finds Her Voice will help children who might be a
little scared to speak up learn that not only is it okay to be assertive, but
it can bring happiness, and that being a good friend to yourself is just as
important as being a good friend to others.
Verity eventually finds the courage to speak up, she discovers that standing on
her own two feet can be amazing!
Verity is a shy preschooler who is accommodating and
quiet, and always does whatever others tell her. She picks up after her
friends, has no say in games, and even plays second fiddle to a drooling baby
at the doctor's office. After a typical week of quiet deference to everyone
around her, Verity is miserable.
But when she is overlooked at swimming class (her most
favorite thing of all), Verity realizes something needs to change - and she
discovers within herself the courage to speak up. What she finds is that by
speaking up in a polite, positive way, she can change her world for the better
and find joy in asserting herself.
Verity Finds Her Voice will help children who might be a
little scared to speak up learn that not only is it okay to be assertive, but
it can bring happiness, and that being a good friend to yourself is just as
important as being a good friend to others.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Exisle Publishing
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 3 to 7 years
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 253 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-921497-14-8 (9781921497148)
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Persons
Kristin Kelly is a children's picture
book author and tutor for children with additional learning needs in New
Zealand. Across her career she has also worked as a nurse, preschool teacher
and educational leader. Her previously published books
include Mitchell
Itches (EK
Books, 2024) and The Squeakling (Scholastic, 2024), which won the 2023 Storylines Joy Cowley Award. Kristin wrote Verity
Finds Her Voice after observing a shy young child in her class who, she
felt, might benefit from some gentle encouragement to speak up and set
boundaries.
Jasmine Berry is a children's
book illustrator and a graphic designer for an education publisher, living in Western Australia. She began drawing to impress the other kids as soon
as she was old enough to hold a colouring pencil. But lately, she crafts these
exciting and magical worlds with her computer, iPad and many coffees. Her
previously published books include Where's My Dinosaur? (Riveted Press,
2021), Troll's Tall Tales (Riveted Press, 2021), Mila & Ivy (Wombat
Books, 2022), and the Pepper Masalah series (Wombat Books, 2023).
book author and tutor for children with additional learning needs in New
Zealand. Across her career she has also worked as a nurse, preschool teacher
and educational leader. Her previously published books
include Mitchell
Itches (EK
Books, 2024) and The Squeakling (Scholastic, 2024), which won the 2023 Storylines Joy Cowley Award. Kristin wrote Verity
Finds Her Voice after observing a shy young child in her class who, she
felt, might benefit from some gentle encouragement to speak up and set
boundaries.
Jasmine Berry is a children's
book illustrator and a graphic designer for an education publisher, living in Western Australia. She began drawing to impress the other kids as soon
as she was old enough to hold a colouring pencil. But lately, she crafts these
exciting and magical worlds with her computer, iPad and many coffees. Her
previously published books include Where's My Dinosaur? (Riveted Press,
2021), Troll's Tall Tales (Riveted Press, 2021), Mila & Ivy (Wombat
Books, 2022), and the Pepper Masalah series (Wombat Books, 2023).