The World Needs the Wonder You See

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Pub Date Jan 28 2025 | Archive Date Jan 28 2025

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New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines welcomes you on an imaginative adventure through nature’s small surprises and invites you and your children to be curious, slow down, and take in everyday wonders. With vibrant art by Julianna Swaney that is full of dreamy details, this whimsical picture book will inspire your family to pause busy schedules and explore together.

Inspired by Joanna’s young son’s insistence to “look up!” and the shift to a slower perspective she enjoyed after having her last child, this book shares the delight of taking a friend by the hand, getting your boots muddy, and discovering the secrets just waiting to be uncovered.

In The World Needs the Wonder You See, you and your kids will

  • slow your pace, look closely, and find joy as you make discoveries together;
  • join a diverse cast of children on a journey below leaves, amidst treetops, under ocean waves, through rabbits’ tunnels, and into the clouds;
  • imagine hidden worlds in which ladybugs live in tiny cabins, snails journey through mushroom fields, and stars paint stories across the sky; and
  • learn to notice the amazing beauty that children naturally see.

This companion book to The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be is perfect for

  • children ages 4–8;
  • grandparents, parents, teachers, and librarians;
  • classroom story times and discussions about valuing others’ ideas and perspectives;
  • households that enjoy watching Chip and Joanna on Magnolia Network and HGTV’s Fixer Upper; and
  • holiday or Christmas gift-giving, birthdays, graduations, or other celebrations.

Celebrate the wonder of the world through a child’s eyes in this imaginative book about all the beauty, hope, and surprise hiding in plain sight. Look up. Lean in. Bend low. Reach for new heights. Every day, from every place, there’s more to see in this great big world of possibility.

New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines welcomes you on an imaginative adventure through nature’s small surprises and invites you and your children to be curious, slow down, and take in...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781400247417
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 32

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The illustrations in this book are beautiful and engaging for young children. I really appreciated the diversity shown throughout the book, kid will be able to see themselves, their neighbors and their friends in the children featured in the book.

The message of wonder, adventure and being curious are things that I focus on frequently in my early childhood classroom. I love seeing the world through the eyes of a child, and all of the possibilities that await you if you just open your eyes to what could be rather than what *should* be.

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This is such a lovely book for young kids! The rhyming verse is sweet, but the illustrations are the true stunners. Vibrant, whimsical, and just plain darling, the illustrations make the words come to life. I highly recommend this precious book to families with little kids.

Thank you to Tommy Nelson for gifting my family an ARC to review! All opinions are our own.

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An absolutely beautiful book. The colors of the illustrations are vibrant yet calming as well. The messages of taking things slowly, looking at things from a different perspective and the fact that how you see things/the things you see are so important to share with others, are just wonderful and really important to support growing, curious minds. I especially like the fun scenes of the animals, like the ant parade, and the grasshopper playing his violin, as well as the bees gathering pollen with their baskets. The pictures are exciting and accessible. I also am a big fan of the inclusion of a child in a wheel chair, as well as the other diversity among the characters. In a book with a message like this it is extra important to include these many unique characters and this book does that well.

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