They too often see adults avoiding questions and fabricating answers, out of either embarrassment or fear, and this comes at a price. Children aren’t taught to say “I don’t know,” and honesty in this form is rarely modeled for them. We live in a society where people are uncomfortable with not knowing. In all social and emotional learning, children need our help identifying the many new feelings they experience: “Oh, that batman costume scared you,” or “I know, you feel sad when mommy leaves.” So I went looking for a children’s book that would help us talk about the experience of not knowing, but I couldn’t find one. But I also realized something even more important: I hadn’t taught her to say “I don’t know” let alone celebrated her ability to do so. I realized that she had grown accustomed to being celebrated every time she answered a question correctly and was, naturally, less interested in exchanges that didn’t produce this response. Then she moved on to giving answers which she knew to be false.

The Author’s Noteīefore my daughter turned two, she began ignoring questions she couldn’t answer. His projects have encompassed movie posters, book covers, advertisements, murals and fine art paintings for clients and collectors. His illustration clients include the United Nations, Disney, Random House, Simon and Schuster, and Buena Vista Pictures. John Rowe creates original art and oil paintings for both illustration and fine art clients. She learns to talk about how it feels to not know something, and she learns that it’s okay to say “I don’t know.” In the process, she discovers that there are some things even adults don’t know-mysteries for everyone in the world to wonder about together! The story is about a little girl who takes a walk with her mother and encounters a range of mysteries-from gravity, to life cycles, to the vastness of the universe. I Wonder is a picture book for children ages 1 and up.

I Wonder by Annaka Harris