If You Believe In Me

Review\n"Positive thinking can work wonders . . . Wells comes through with her usual engaging illustrations. Lively and sweet, they present an endearing, warm adult-child relationship. The message here is commendable: Parents and caregivers should always strive to cheer their little ones on. This volume would make a welcome gift for expectant or new parents to remind them of how important it is that they develop and maintain children's strong self-esteem. Makes a good, reassuring case for positive reinforcement." –Kirkus Reviews
"A precious book about a little brown bear, of no stated gender, feeling its way through the world all because of the confidence instilled in it by one of the adults who beams back in almost every page. Written in lightly rhyming verse, the text flips at the end, noting that the sentence "I believe in you" has been a mantra in the little one's entire life. Children will quickly make this book a favorite as the illustrations are inviting and dominate the majority of the page in bright colors with patterned backgrounds. . . . Children will be inspired to read about the exciting things they can do each day if they allow their creativity and confidence to take flight. – VERDICT: Add this book to all collections where Well's books are popular." School Library Journal
"The creamy palette and tender, recognizable childhood moments between attentive adult bears and the cub—at the dinner table, taking a walk—fit comfortably alongside other entries in Wells’s oeuvre."–Publishers Weekly\nA poetic celebration of the quiet love that gives each one of us the strength to succeed.
No dream too big. No goal too great. With love and support anything is possible.
Rosemary Wells, the acclaimed author of Max & Ruby and Voyage to the Bunny Planet, once again brilliantly focuses on the small moments in a child’s life that matter most, celebrating the quiet love that gives every one of us the strength to succeed. A young bear finds its way in the world with the support of the others in its life. A perfect gift to celebrate the milestones in a child's life or as a 'thank you' gift to a teacher, parent or anyone who has lifted another person up to succeed . . . because you believed in me.\nFrom School Library Journal\nPreS-Gr 1-A precious book about a little brown bear, of no stated gender, feeling its through the world all because of the confidence instilled it by one of the adults who beams back in almost every page. Written in lightly rhyming verse, the text flips at the end, noting that the sentence "I believe in you" has been a mantra in the little one's entire life. Children will quickly make this book a favorite as the illustrations are inviting and dominate the majority of the page in bright colors with a patterned background. All characters featured are brown bears, although the central little bear is never clothed while the rest of them are. "I can turn a cartwheel. I can dive in the waves in the sea. And fly my kite up into the clouds because You believe in me." The little bear is always within an arm's reach of an adult. Children will be inspired to read about the exciting things they can do each day if they allow their creativity and confidence to take flight. VERDICT Add this book to all collections where Wells's books are popular.-Tracy Cronceα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.