Benny's True Colors

Description

Benny the bat knows that he is truly a butterfly. His fuzzy brown ears and leathery wings are not right. He is meant to be colorful and fluttery. With the help of some good butterfly friends, Benny transforms into his true self. Benny's True Colors is a picture book about self-love and identity, celebrating the beauty of choosing to express who you are inside on the outside.

Norene Paulson loves words. As a former language arts teacher, she was fortunate to share that love with middle school students in a rural Iowa school district for twenty years. Now, as a picture book author, she continues to share her love of words with young readers and is excited to share her debut picture book, Benny's True Colors. Norene lives on a country acreage with her husband, and when she isn't reading or writing, you will find her playing-you guessed it! -word games. norenepaulson.com. Anne Passchier is a non-binary illustrator from the Netherlands, currently working in the USA. Anne lives with their cats, loves to travel and draw, and enjoys all things spooky and Halloween.

"An incredibly powerful, compassionate book--a must read for anyone who wants to encourage kids to be true to themselves."--Dr. Donna Cangelosi, Child Psychologist "Passchier's digital art style of bold shapes and colors with balanced compositions will appeal to a young readership who will delight in seeing Benny get his antennas and beautiful butterfly wings....Though this could be read just as a story of a bat wanting to be a butterfly, it's also a gender-affirming conversation starter -School Library Journal