Will It Be Okay?: A Picture Book

By Crescent Dragonwagon

Book Overview

Award-winning author Crescent Dragonwagon teams up with award-winning Juli n Is a Mermaid illustrator Jessica Love to present a powerful updated edition of a classic picture book that asks a tough question and answers it with humanity, humor, and grace.

In this timeless picture book classic, a child asks, Will it be okay? That bee sting, that thunderstorm, those powerful feelings, losing a loved one.

Will It Be Okay? Yes--yes, it will.

"This tender tale is a balm for worried children in troubled times and a model of comfort for caregivers to offer them . . . More than OK. Much more."--Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"With empathy, the creators imagine a parent with an uncanny ability to hear a child's concerns, to hold the emotions that accompany them, and to think and talk about them."--Publishers Weekly

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1951836502
• ISBN13: 9781951836504
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.6" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Still okay after 13 years!

This was my daughter's favorite book when she was 7 years old. She liked it so much that I ordered it for her from the publisher. It was very reassuring to her to know that "it would be okay." Now, she's almost 20 and she still cherishes this book. When things are going rough, I remind her of Ms. Dragonwagon's wisdom,"It will be okay."

THIS BOOK WILL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD!

I first read this when I was in college, working in the children's area of a library about 15 years ago. It impressed me so much that I wrote down all the words! (It is a short book, almost a poem.) This is the conversation of what appears to be a young girl and her mother. The girl asks, "Will it be okay?" and the mother says it will. Then there is a series of "But what if ...?" from the daughter, with the mother answering with "If that happens, you'll handle it this way" answers that can't help but increase the daughter's self-confidence. Even though it appears to be a children's book, adults (especially worriers like me) will find that it provides a good way of looking at the world. It's great!