Last week, I received a letter from a librarian whose class of first graders spent the entire session discussing the little girl's book in "I Used to Be Afraid". They'd determined that because her book appears in several spreads, it must be her favorite. And through closer (and very impressive) observation, they'd decided that it, too - the meta-book - must be a book about fears. Perhaps it's one that helped her to change the way she looks at things and not be so fearful after all!

Here are a couple of wonderful reviews:

From Wonders In The Dark - Caldecott Medal Contender:
https://wondersinthedark.wordpress.com/2015/12/31/caldecott-medal-contender-i-used-to-be-afraid/

From Horn Book’s Calling Caldecott:
http://www.hbook.com/2015/12/blogs/calling-caldecott/two-books-about-emotions/

And from SalsFictionAddiction:
http://salsfictionaddiction.blogspot.com/2016/01/i-used-to-be-afraid-written-and.html