"Beautiful, intricate picture book with a heartfelt message"
Readers will be left in no doubt that they matter after reading this beautiful, cleverly constructed story. The first image is of a little girl gazing down a microscope at ‘the small stuff too small to see.’ From there, the story moves through time, switching scale too from early ocean life – comically serious looking – to dinosaurs.
The appearance of a blazing meteorite sends the story away from Earth up into space where an astronaut is thinking about her little boy, who is seen at the window of an apartment block. All are told that no matter what’s going on, whether you’re young or old, the first to go or last, you matter.
The text circles round so that the opening lines are repeated at the close, tying the disparate-seeming elements together and wittily reminding us that – like everything else – we’re matter. It’s clever, full of surprises and, like that meteorite, makes a real impact.
The small stuff too small to see. Those who swim with the tide and those who don't. The first to go and the last. You matter.
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The small stuff too small to see. Those who swim with the tide and those who don't.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed You Matter and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old
You Matter features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Recommendations, Stories about Family and Friends, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Politics, Law, Philosophy & Ethics, Work / Industry, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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You Matter was written by Christian Robinson and published by Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd
You Matter has 32 pages
