Description A new work from Kang So-yeon, winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award — given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) for the year's 'best picture book'! "This Is a Secret…" is a picture book that gives children the 'courage' to overcome fear! There's a frog sitting at the edge of a pond with a worried expression. The frog looks at us readers, says "Shh!" and slips into the grass. As we follow the frog, it beckons us closer. Children will probably press their faces right up to the book, noses almost touching the page — because a secret story has to be heard privately, just between the two of you. So what is the 'secret' the frog wants to whisper? This new picture book comes from author Kang So-yeon, whose very first picture book earned her the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for 'best picture book' from the Association for Library Service to Children. This story naturally shows children the small 'courage' it takes to overcome fear, and the 'joy of growing' just a little bit through facing that fear — all through the frog's secret confession. "Don't worry, Frog. I'm cheering for you! You can do it!" A picture book that gives children the 'courage' to stomp down their fears and move past them. Children will grow just a little as they overcome the fears in their hearts. Children love 'secrets.' Most kids probably have dozens of secrets of their own. For children, a 'secret' is a kind of game, and sharing one means 'we're friends.' But… the frog's secret wasn't a game. It was a worry the frog had carried alone and told no one, ever since it was a tadpole — fretting quietly, afraid someone might find out. A worry it couldn't confide in anyone, anywhere. Yes, that very worry was the frog's 'secret.' Children who learn the frog's secret will each react differently. Some will try to help solve the problem, while others might share their own secret, saying they have worries just like the frog. Why? Because by now, the children have already become the frog's secret-sharing friend. Sharing worries with a friend, and finding the courage together to overcome fear — that's how the frog and the children will grow, just a little, together. A fresh format that draws readers into active participation! Is your child the frog who 'has a secret'? Or the friend who 'helps solve the worry'? Author Kang So-yeon has created picture books that help children's social development — like "You Are(n't) Small," which cheerfully teaches that being 'different' isn't wrong or strange, and "That's (Not) Mine," which gently teaches children who insist everything is 'mine' how to share. In this new book, she uses the theme of 'secrets' to talk about children overcoming their fears and taking a step forward into a new world — a story of 'growth.' And it happens through a 'friend' with whom a secret can be shared. But for the author's hopes to come true, the frog needs a 'friend' to tell its secret to — someone who will pick up this very book, open the cover, turn the pages, and listen closely to the frog's secret. We hope you'll be that friend to the frog!