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Sanna, Francesca

Me and My Fear

40 pp. | Flying Eye | September, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-911171-53-9 $17.95

(2) K-3 This sensitive follow-up to The Journey describes the young daughter's apprehension as she adjusts to life in a new country and school. Her fear is astutely abstracted as a puffy, white, somewhat amorphous character, whose size fluctuates according to circumstances. The final pages depict a classroom full of children and their fears--who appear small, soft, and smiling, suggesting their presence is something to be understood and embraced, not overcome.

Reviewer: Thom Barthelmess | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2018