From childhood to adulthood, most of us want to be something different than what we are. The boy who narrates this charming children's picture book has "little legs, little hands, little mouth." But he wants, in his heart of hearts, to be big like the giraffe, the gorilla, the crocodile, or the monster. But he thinks twice about it and realizes he'd be missing out on many delights and treats he now enjoys.
The Baal Shem Tov, the great Hassidic leader, once stated: "Don't make comparisons for they spoil God's curriculum." Writer and illustrator Jonathan Bentley has created a spiffy meditation on this view which honors the diversity of humanity and the animal world. Once the little boy realizes that he, too, is special his gratitude lead him to see himself as "perfectly little." Little Big has been designed for boys and girls from ages 3 to 7.
