Picture Book Prompt 122

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)” —Walt Whitman

We all contain multitudes. Children are just beginning to see that they have many parts—brave and scared, loud and quiet, gentle and fierce.  Explore how a child might recognize, accept, and live with these paradoxes, and what it means for them to hold many sides at once.

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