The Loud Things I Didn't Choose: A Free Printable Picture Book About Being True to Yourself

Daisy is polished, prepared, and praised. She learned early that being exactly what everyone needed was the fastest way to be loved.

So she smiles on cue and helps before she is asked and collects the applause, and it works, right up until the room empties and there is no one left to perform for. That is when the real question arrives, the one she has never said out loud. Who am I when I am not being impressive?

Plenty of children are taught to earn love by being good at it. This book is for the girl underneath the costume, and it tells her plainly what no amount of applause will: she was never required to shrink or sparkle or perform to be worth keeping.

This is an instant digital download to print at home or read on any device. Nothing ships.

It is free. Download it, and give a child permission to stop performing.