My Shape is Sam - available everywhere
In this debut picture book, Sam is a square who lives in a world where everyone has a job to do, depending on their shape. But Sam doesn’t want to stack like the other squares…
He wants to roll like a circle!
Illustrated by Lydia Nichols
Published by Page Street Kids
Distributed by Macmillan
Check out Sam’s downloadable ACTIVITY GUIDE
INDUSTRY REVIEWS
“A gentle and playful celebration of difference and self-discovery.”
— Kirkus
“A fun, simple read-aloud that can be a tool to teach empathy to young children. A recommended purchase for public libraries and preschools.”
— School Library Journal
“Anyone struggling to match never-quite-right conventional images or expectations will welcome the liberating resolution.”
— Booklist
"The metaphor of making one’s identity plays nicely here... Affable and reassuring, this story shapes up into an introduction to identity."
— Publishers Weekly
"[A] kindhearted story, and it may open the door for further discussion on identity formation in the midst of societal expectations."
— Bulletin