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Sheila is the girl who lives inside this book!
She does some typical little-kid things, like learning to walk, saying her first words, eating pizza . . . starting school and making new friends.
But Sheila knows people are reading her book, and she wonders if she really is interesting enough to have a book written all about her.
Then one summer, Sheila becomes very interesting indeed . . . in a BIG, BIG way!
One thing is sure—SHEILA WILL GROW ON YOU!
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April 29, 2025 -
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Kindle Book
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- ISBN: 9780593463970
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- English
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Kirkus
May 15, 2025
A growth spurt shoots the protagonist right off the page in Academy Award-winning actor Davis' debut picture book. Sheila is the self-aware star of her own story. She's "rather proud" of being "a girl who [lives] in a book," since a captive audience will "read the book and wonder about her and want to know just what her deal" is. Pale-skinned with sandy-brown hair, Sheila hits developmental milestones: She walks, she talks, she starts kindergarten, and, as one generally does, she gets older--"exactly one year older for every year that [goes] by." Then, a dramatic, off-page growth spurt "change[s] everything." Readers can still see Sheila, "but only about up to her neck." Sheila contorts herself to stay visible but becomes "very self-conscious." It takes reassurance from a friend to remind her that "people are valuable and special no matter what's different about them." Davis' watercolorlike illustrations feature pastel-hued portraits in occasionally clumsy proportions that vary little in perspective. The conflict is abruptly resolved, while the pseudo-meta construct of framing the moral within a picture book feels forced; the message for readers to be comfortable taking up space is far more capably accomplished in Vashti Harrison's Caldecott Medal-winningBig (2023). Gawky and heavy-handed.(Picture book. 4-8)COPYRIGHT(2025) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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