Becoming Vanessa

Get ready to go back to school with this inclusive empathetic story that will help kids new to the classroom transform from timid caterpillars into beautiful butterflies who love exactly who they are On Vanessa s first day of school her parents tell her it will be easy to make friends Vanessa isn t so sure She wears her fanciest outfit so her new classmates will notice her right away They notice but the attention isn t what she d hoped for As the day goes on she feels more selfconscious Her clothes are too bright her feather boa has way too many feathers and even her name is too hard to write The next day she picks out a plain outfit and tells her mom that her name is too long She just wants to blend in with a simple name like the other girlswhy couldn t her parents have named her Megan or Bella But when her mother tells her the meaning behind her name it gives her the confidence she needs to introduce her classmates to the real Vanessa Perfect for readers of Alma and How She Got Her Name and The King of Kindergarten