Age: Toddler-Kindergarten
Emotion: Shy

Freedman's beautiful, conversational, and gentle writing present Shy, a mysterious character hiding inside the book. When a bird trills by, Shy's curiosity wins over and Shy decides to venture out of its nook in order to find the bird. Along the way, Shy encounters a variety of real life things--things Shy only read about in books--and, boy, are they marvelous. Throughout, Freedman's colors pair so well with the emotions they conjure, another point of discussion for reader/listener.

I appreciate that in the end, the reader/listener finally gets to see what Shy looks like--that Freedman didn't keep that an ambiguous mystery to make you think. There's already plenty to think about with this glorious book!