Nicki Esler Gill writes books for children. She earned a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University, where she also taught writing. She believes picture books are a special kind of magic. They inspire flights of fancy and snorts of laughter, facilitate precious bedtime rituals of closeness and connection, and engage readers in big conversations. She lives in Melbourne.
You’re precious when you’re happy,
and you’re precious when you’re blue.
With all your different feelings,
it’s just part of being you!
A new picture book series by Nicki Esler Gill, the best-selling author of the super-popular My Body, My Rules series.
Have you been tickled or tackled before? And then decided that you want no more? You can tell others how they play with you. It’s your body, so it’s your rules too!
Have you ever been a chatterbox, with lots of things to say? Or has it seemed your voice has left and gone on holiday? Have you spent the day swinging, spinning, tumbling, giving chase? Or have you snuggled in a blanket in a quiet, cosy place? We are all important, not for what we can or cannot do, but because each child is precious. And every brain is too!
Have you ever said ‘I love you’ when your heart’s all full and warm? Have you asked to have a cuddle when there’s thunder in a storm? Have you ever told your favourite joke? Or sung a lullaby? Have you poured your worries out, and finished with a sigh? Can you see the power in the words you choose to say? Your voice is important! It can make somebody’s day!
Annie and Boo are extra-special friends. And of all the things they share, the most special is this: they find the same things beautiful. But when Boo moves away, Annie can’t see the beautiful in anything by herself. Maybe all Annie has to do is start searching ...
Yes, you have to wear your pants! We don’t want a nudie dance! That’s not the place to feel a breeze ... Keep your pants on, please! A playful book to help young readers make positive choices!
