I Wonder

'I Wonder' is a beautifully illustrated book with minimal words--and rightly so. The words in the book are well chosen, leading children to believe there is strength in seeking information, alone and with others. The few facts it does give are supported in the pictures and lead to further wondering and conversation. This was an especially important lesson for the children I bought the book for and I'm sure we will be reading it again (and again and again) in the future.

I love this book! My kids love this book! Annaka Harris is an amazing and fascinating writer! I just finished her audio book Lights On, and had to get this for my kids! I have loved her Husbands books, podcast, substack, meditation app, etc. I am kinda a huge fan of all his stuff! I now am a fan of all Annaka’s works I’ve had the pleasure of encountering as well! This book is great for your kids to see how important it is to ask questions, to observe the world around them, and to live in the present moment! It is a great way to spend time with your little one and read something that will inspire wonder in your child’s (and your own) life!

As a future mother and free-thinker, I felt a deep affinity with the author's notes and welcomed the book at this moment in my life. It is an ongoing concern of mine to make sure that future generations grow up aware and inquisitive about the mysteries of the universe, learn from our existing knowledge and find answers to questions we cannot respond to currently. While the story itself appears short, the meaning is rich and timeless. The illustrations are beautiful and the artwork shows the love and empathy between the mother and her daughter.

Annaka Harris' talent for instilling valuable lessons of emotional maturity and curiosity in young minds is demonstrated clearly in this book. Even if your child is too young for the message, no one is too young to appreciate the amazing illustrations. Harris and Rowe have made something very beautiful in this book.

I bought this book for my daughter who is aprox 2 1/2, she is quite fussy but she loved this book strait off. She loved the pictures. The reasons i like it are as follows, it introduces kids to different types of knowing, for example we know the moon doesn't float off because of gravity, why is there gravity? Not even Eva's mum knows. Then eva asked how many grains of sand there are in the world, again Eva's mum doesn't know, but there is potentially an answer to that question yet we have no way to work it out. However just because we don't know the exact answer doesn't mean we know nothing. In conclusion it teaches children that mummy and daddy don't know everything and there are different ways of knowing things. Only reason i didn't give 5 * was because i felt the book was slightly to short

This is an absolutely essential book to read to your kids, I bought it for my 4 years old son, who is a very curious and smart child. I was brought up in a very conservative religious household and I wish such books were available during my childhood, life certainly would have been more interesting and more mysteries would be there to wonder about. I learnt later that pre scripted/ memorized answers act as a killer to children natural inquisitive instinct. This book is written as a conversation between a mother and a daughter, as a child educator and as a mother I find this very effective. Conversations enhance children emotional intelligence, it also teach them that their opinions matter. In a culture that promotes perfectionism and competitive thinking, my child is always proud to ask questions and is not ashamed to say I don't know. Thank you Anna for this wonderful book both my son and I enjoyed it greatly.

I bought this book for my granddaughter, and it's quickly become a favorite. What attracted me to the book was the basic premise of how it's OK to not know something, and OK to wonder about it - its the first step in a long journey to explore the world we live in. The author's piece describing how the book came about is very nicely portrayed. The illustrations are very nicely done, and contribute to the wondrous effect this book emotes.

An excellent book. It conveys such a simple and important idea -- it's ok to wonder about things we don't know. It's about honesty. Sounds uncontroversial, right? But religion teaches the opposite. It tells our kids they MUST have the "right" opinion about issues such as our origins, the afterlife, etc. It says "you must agree, or God will be mad and you'll be in big trouble, forever." The truth, however, is that we don't know what happens after death. Why can't we just be honest about this? - Anyhow, the book doesn't doesn't go into that territory. It stays very simple. Mom and daughter take a walk and appreciate the beauty of our world and wonder about it all. It's an elegant and valuable story.

The book has beautiful illustrations from cover to cover. The message of the book is lovely as well and is an excellent primer for teaching your little one about adopting a growth mindset. I've given it as a gift to several new parents I know and look forward to reading it with my own offspring in a few years.

Lovely to share with my daughter.

Libro precioso en educación infantil y educación bilingüe, para recordar la belleza de las pequeñas cosas, despertar la curiosidad en niños y adultos. Sencillo y versátil.

-High quality paper -Beautiful drawing style -Perfect way to plant the seed of curiosity for the big questions, while avoiding the anxiety of it

Interesting to talk to son about