This strikes me as a "children's book' written for the adults who will be reading it out loud rather than the children who are listening .There is no story, no plot, no amusing illustrations. It is a book that talks at children with socially acceptable normative truisms.

"What's Today For?" is a book filled with words of affirmation and powerful ways for children and adults to see the beauty in the world around them. This book will bring joy into your life no matter what age!

Not only are the writing and the message beautiful, but the illustrations are also superb. They are filled with color, movement, and perfectly illustrate the writing.

What's Today For? is a beautiful book about embracing each day and finding joy in the ordinary. I love the message of appreciating who we are and paying attention to people and things around us. The drawings are absolutely gorgeous and enhance the reading experience.

Thank you Clavis Publishing and NetGalley for providing this ARC.

Thank you to NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for an advance e-ARC of this book. I think my rating would be more like a 3.5. The illustrations are absolutely wonderful, and engaging for little readers (and readers of all ages!) I thoroughly enjoyed the story, about the limitless possibilities of a day and where joy can be found in every corner and nook. But as much as I love the "you are enough" messaging, I did struggle with it being the refrain repeated on nearly every page. It feels complicated: yes, kids need to hear it constantly to believe it, that they are enough. How many of us need to hear it and say it and dwell in it all the time and maybe still don't quite believe it. But also, it can't just be a tagline - I feel like it needs to be understood and felt and shown in action. It's not really a central part of this story, it's said as in "things are better when you believe you're enough," but not as much incorporated and demonstrated, as we don't see a specific central character coming to believe in themselves.

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈 𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖
𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: What's Today For?
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: Jessy Humann
𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞: Children's Fiction
𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

𝐆𝐔𝐒𝐇:
• An adorable read with gorgeous illustrations. The illustrations are vivid and engaging—perfect for young children.
• Delightful and positive theme. I feel like it's important to introduce and explore the importance of self-love, especially at a young age

𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐄:
• I feel like this read is intended for a younger audience (less than four-year-olds) due to the repetition of the phrases and lack of storyline.


𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬: positive affirmations ("I am enough", love yourself, etc.), compassion,

𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫: Young children

Thank you to @NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠: 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐣𝐨𝐲.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞.

A sweet picture book about how you are enough. The illustrations are very cute and delightful. The message is very sweet and really hits home that message of "you are enough".

Thank you to Clavis Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC copy of What's Today For? in exchange for an honest review.

This is a sweet story of enjoying each day as it is, while remembering the positive affirmation, "I am enough." I loved the concept of the book, but I thought the execution could be cleaned up just a bit. If there was more of a storyline that tied the ideas together, or if the daily activities alternated with the positive affirmations a little more evenly, I think it would have enhanced the book even more. Overall though I thought the story and the illustrations were very sweet and helpful for young kids growing up in an often overwhelming world.

This is a sweet story to help children see that even on hard days you need to know you are enough.

Thanks NetGalley for this ARC!

The mantra used throughout this book is "I am enough" which is a great mantra for kids to tell themselves when they are overwhelmed. What a lovely theme and message and the illustrations are great! I really loved this one.

Thank you to netgalley for a free copy in exchange for an honest review

A book with beautiful illustrations, that every day is a day of something, whether it is to smile, to play or just to dream.

A big thank you to NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. This is a children's book. This book is not for me. I found it repetitive and sort of boring. There is no story, no connections. Repeating phrases over and over does not a story make. I did like the graphics, and while I understand what the book is intending, I think it falls short. 3 stars

What's Today For? by Jessy Humann is such a beautiful children's book. A wonderfully uplifting story, repeatedly sharing the affirmation that "I am enough". A beautiful book for children of all ages that shares with them the important message that no matter how you are feeling, you are enough and that there is beauty in everyday, as well as sharing a message of kindness and acceptance. The story is accompanied by some beautiful illustrations.

Definitely one for all those classrooms out there!

What a calming and uplifting story! It repeats and reaffirms the affirmation "I am enough" for all kinds of days--happy, sad, trying, and wonderful. Illustrations are detailed and enhance the story well. There is a strong message of kindness and acceptance that will be very reassuring to kids. This would make a great centering read at the beginning of the day, and also a good book for before or after quiet time to re-set intentions for the rest of the day.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

What a great concept! Sometimes parenting can get bogged down with trying to figure out all these elaborate toys or big plans to keep our kids happy. The advertising on tv or in media can really get to you. But there is JOY and pleasure in the little moments and the things that are completely free. Like looking at the clouds at a picnic, spending quiet moments without technology and screens with your family, remembering that we often have the power to make ourselves happy right within ourselves.

I love the bolded sentences that can be used as affirmations or mantras for your child, for example, "I am enough."

The imagery is peaceful and happy. It has a dream-like quality in my opinion, of picture-perfect days. The way you look back at a day and pull out all the highlights in your mind.

The possibility of a day are endless, whether you have plans or a schedule or you have nothing to do. This is a great book to inspire young minds to get creative, have compassion, and love themselves through all their feelings, happy or sad.

I can see this being a great gift for preschoolers either at the holidays or a birthday. I even can see this having value to graduates as a reminder that they are "enough" when they're about to embark on a big new journey.

i love this book short but i learnt a lot.i love the author of this book.Honestly i learnt that sometimes you should just be happy with who and where you are ,be grateful because everyday you deserve to be happy.No matter what you should know you are enough.Actually today had been a long day i was filled with doubts,regrets and sadness but as i sat down .Turned on my laptop and started reading this book i started smiling ,am sitting next to my mother and she was like why you smiling all of a sudden .i just have to say thank you do the author for this beautiful book ,it just made my day its one of my favorite books right now.I feel so happy right now my day is ending really well.THANK YOU!

(I read this arc in exchange for a review)

This book was a very cute story about considering yourself as enough and not always having to put pressure on yourself to see the beauty in your everyday life.

I found the purpose of the text very promising, but personally, I think it could have been exploited in a better way. This is supposed to be a children’s book, but there is not an actual story in the book. Yes, repeating the same sentence on each page puts emphasis on “being enough”, but a story following certain characters would have given more depth to the text. Following someone throughout the book could also make the children feel more sympathy toward the main character.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and think children will like it too, but I would not describe it as an exceptional read.

This is a sweet book about all the things we can do today with a focus on kindness to ourselves and others. There are reminders throughout the book that "I am enough" and this affirmation leads to each next addition in the story. The illustrations are very pretty as well.

What a wonderful powerful message for children to read! I am enough. So important these days for kids to address their mental health and this book does it perfectly. The illustrations are beautiful too. I love that it says even on bad days it's ok to feel your feelings and know you are enough. I will definitely be getting a copy of this one for my kids when it's published.

Thank you NetGalley and Clavis Publishing for access to this beautiful ARC.

An appealing and affirmatory lesson, where each double-page spread has some humanoid animals just enjoying life, because they know that they are enough, and don't need to struggle to fit in, or worry about changing to suit other people's expectations, etc. I'm not sure the simple, almost poetic text is biologically correct in what it says about flowers, but the rest is fine, and the calm little points of the moral come across well.