As a mother of four and one who happens to be sensitive and autistic, this book really hit the mark for us! There’s not enough books on this topic and it’s so important to teach kids that being sensitive can be a strength not a weakness. It’s a great reminder to kids to change what people may say to them and turn it into something positive.

First and foremost, the scrapbook like style of illustrations Is beautiful and genius. It really helps to visualize the lesson being taught through this book.

This is a great book for first grade. It teaches such a valuable lesson that I believe even the adults that read can benefit from.

This is an AMAZING book. I can't recommend it enough. It is such a lovely book to help kids know that their big feelings are real and valid. I can't wait to read this books with the kids (and even some adults) in my professional life and my personal life. I loved the advanced reader copy and can't wait to purchase a copy once it is published!

This book was so adorable, I loved everything about it, the illustrations were so well done, they suited the book perfectly, the story was amazing as well, even thought is very short I could really connect with the characters and feel theirs struggles.
I’m sure the kids are going to be just as enthralled with this amazing book as I was.
I will definitely recommend!

Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this early copy

**Thank you to NetGalley and Lerner Publishing for this ARC in exchange for an honest review**

A girl is being bullied for feeling too much. At first she just tries to ignore the comments, but then decides to write them down and turn them into positive things about herself.

The most important takeaway is that your feelings are valid and you are who you are. If other people don't like it, they don't have to associate with you. You're better off without them.

What a beautiful book! This story is perfect for sensitive kids but also a great tool to teach kids empathy. It is presented in a very creative way and the use of words in many forms and colors enhances the story. Thanks #NetGalley.

This book is perfect for parents and classroom teachers! It helps be mindful that everyone has feelings and what you say and do matter, especially for those who many be more sensitive/ have bigger feelings. The illustrations in this book were really cool too and very eye catching,

The art alone sets this book on my must-include list for the classroom or home library. But as a sensitive person and mom to a sensitive kid, this book was right up my alley. It artfully shows how minimizing feelings can affect children and how the author came to grow stronger and see her sensitivity as a superpower. The tips in the back of the book are simple and easy to implement.

Sensitive is about a girl who always receives the message of “toughen up” but learns that her sensitivity is a gift. This also has beautiful illustrations.

Sensitive by Sara Levine is a beautiful children's picture book about learning to not let the words of others effect you as an individual.

The artwork by Amini is beautiful and depicts a color pallete and style that makes the images themselves timeless and visually appealing to young readers with its use of mixed media content.

Levine's story is a good SEL tool for educators, parents, and librarians to help teach children that being different is okay and that being uniquely you -- even if a bit sensitive -- is a tool rather than a hinderance.

This picture book is about a girl who feels easily overwhelmed and struggles with people telling her that she's too sensitive and needs to toughen up. The book focuses on hurtful words and painful experiences, giving examples of the rude and often damaging things many people say to highly sensitive types. The girl processes how these words make her feel, and the hopeful ending shows how she reframes these experiences and see herself differently.

The unique illustrations are an essential part of telling the story, and the text is simple and straightforward. At the end, there is also a note where the author reflects on how her personal experiences inspired this book.

This book can be a helpful talking point and teaching tool for families with sensitive children, and it can also be appropriate for helping other kids empathize with and understand their more intense and sensitive peers. However, because the vast majority of the book focuses on the hurtful things that people say, this could be more triggering than helpful for some kids. I heard some of these things as a child, but only from well-meaning people who didn't mean to offend. Children who have been bullied at school or verbally abused at home because of their sensitivity may find this book more upsetting than helpful, so some people should approach this with caution.

I also wish that the book had included some coping tools for sensitive kids. You don't need to change who you are, and you should reject other people's harmful messages about you, but it's also possible to build resilience and learn emotional processing techniques that make life less difficult. I've been on both sides of this issue, and while it's hard to be a sensitive child who's told to "just get over it," it is also difficult to play with someone who gets upset and cries at the slightest provocation. This book has a great message of self-acceptance, but it could have been even stronger by introducing some basic ideas and techniques that kids can use to help themselves calm down and process things when they feel overwhelmed and upset.

I love the idea of this book -- I really do! And there's a lot to like: lovely illustrations and a great message. However, I do wish there had been more of a setup to the story, including an introduction to the girl and even possibly scenarios that she is reacting to in a sensitive way. I wonder if kids will have a hard time envisioning what might be triggering such a response from her and others.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the eARC of this title. An ode to sensitive children, this book delves into how it feels to be called sensitive or have people invalidate your feelings & emotions. It’s a powerful look at what it means when people try to tell force you to stop being sensitive and you decide to own it instead, with tips for a sensitive child near the author’s note.

This once sensitive girl knows sensitive kids that need this title in their lives! Thank you so much for writing this and making it a beautiful journey of self-discovery and not of masking. I love this book and will be recommending it to parents and children I know.

This is a book for any "sensitive" child with big feelings, so... most children! I wish it wasn't quite as abstract as it is, but it does provide a real feeling of acknowledgement for kids who've been told they're "too much" or "too sensitive" and any number of related phrases. The message is one kids need to hear - that being sensitive affords them power and that there's nothing wrong with the way they are. I also like that our protagonist is Asian and illustrated so beautifully! I would recommend this to my library; I think SEL books are always good investments.

Thank you to Lerner Publishing Group for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review!

I loved this book so much. Often times adults see being sensitive as a flaw, when it’s not. What a wonderful story for children that may feel like their feelings are too much.

Bravo! Everything from the topic of this book to how it’s depicted was amazing. The artwork is stunning and it is such an important uplifting story with a lesson we all need to learn.

I am very greatful for books like this that normalize being sensitive and help children who are sensitive to make sense of their conflicting feelings and emotions. This book also gives them one tool for how they can deal and manage the overwhelming world around them.

Disclaimer: I adore children’s books.

And I absolutely fell in love with Sensitive, the beautiful story of a little girl who is constantly told she’s too sensitive, that she should smile more, play with other children - anything insensitive children and adults might say to a child like this little girl. She finds these comments hurtful, and she feels misunderstood a lot of the time. So she draws on her inner resources to discover what things she can do by herself that are interesting and that make her happy. In that process, she figures out how to make her way in a world “noisier” than her inner world and realizes that she can successfully inhabit both.

That’s a long description of a short, beautifully illustrated book, with the clear audience young children, but the situation and feelings the girl experiences are certainly experienced by adults. I know, because I was this girl not only as a child, but probably well into my twenties. When I discovered that I was an introverted and highly sensitive person, I suddenly understood myself and was able to boldly make my way through two full time careers and a retirement career.

I will probably buy this little gem when it is published, both for the sensitive telling of the story and the beautiful illustrations.

I received this book as an ARC from the publisher and NetGalley. I would love to see other collaborations by the author and illustrator.

Have you ever been called too sensitive, too intense, or just too much? Levine offers a relatable protagonist who lives with a constant barrage of criticism that she eventually internalizes until she finds an outlet in creativity and solitude. Amini's multimedia artwork is a powerful accompaniment to the story and perfectly conveys the overwhelm the protagonist feels as she wrestles with the tension between unfair critique and her inner truth.