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Take Off Your Brave: The World Through the Eyes of a Preschool Poet
Nadim
Illustrator: Yasmeen Ismail
Ages: 5 & Under
Published: 2022
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-2316-3
Keywords: love, nature, fear, wishes, magic
Inspired by his mother, four-year-old Nadim, with a contribution from his sister and school, shares his vivid poetic musings. Punctuated with expressive mixed-media illustrations.