Not Little

Written by Maya Myers · Illustrated by Hyewon Yum

A small girl stands up to a bully, proving size doesn't define courage.

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40 pages· ~500L

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Bookroo's summary

Dot, the smallest in her class, is often underestimated. But when new student Sam faces a bully, Dot's courage shines. Can she prove that bravery isn't measured by size? Discover how Dot's big heart challenges expectations and changes everything.

From the publisher

Just because you’re really small doesn’t mean you can’t have a big heart. When the diminutive Dot stands up to a bully on behalf of an even smaller friend, she proves how big she can truly be. Dot is the smallest person in her family and at school; even her name is small! People often mistake her for being younger than she is, but not when she tells them the square root of sixty-four is eight, nor when she orders from the grown-up menu at restaurants or checks out the hard books at the library. She may be small, but she’s not little. When a new boy named Sam joins Dot’s class, she wonders if he’s even smaller than she is. When she sees him getting bullied by a mean kid twice his size, she knows she has to do the big thing and stand up for him. Maya Myers’s debut picture book has a pitch-perfect voice that captures the inimitable Dot in all her fierceness, and Hyewon Yum’s delightful pastel-hued artwork is its perfect complement. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionAn ALSC Notable Children’s Book

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