There You Are, Lauren

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Lauren bumped into everything — chairs, tables, toy boxes. Then came the glasses. And the eye patch. And the teasing.

Her brothers called her Captain Hook. Kids at school asked why her glasses made her eyes look huge. On picture day, Lauren slipped her glasses off and tucked them in her pocket — just to fit in.

But when the pictures came back, she barely recognized herself.

There you are, she whispered — putting her glasses back on.

There You Are, Lauren is a story about the courage it takes to stop hiding and show up as exactly who you are. For every child who has ever felt different, this book is a reminder: the real you is worth seeing.

Ages 3–8 | Written by Julia Howard | Illustrated by Sana Khurshid