The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade (Hardcover)

⭐ Horace Mann Upstanders Award — Anti-Defamation League, 2015
⭐ E.B. White Read-Aloud Honor Book, 2015
🎨 Illustrated by Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson

Hardly anyone notices Sally McCabe. She's the smallest girl in the smallest grade — quiet, easy to overlook. But Sally notices everything: the twenty-seven keys on the janitor's ring, the leaves as they turn green to gold, and the pushes and shoves on the playground that everyone else pretends not to see. And one day, she decides she's seen enough.

Written in irresistible rhyming verse by GRAMMY®-nominated children's musician Justin Roberts and brought to life in vivid colored-pencil illustrations by Caldecott Honoree Christian Robinson, The Smallest Girl in the Smallest Grade is a picture book about the quiet power of paying attention — and the courage it takes to say enough out loud. Booklist called it "a serious topic given serious treatment," and it won the 2015 Horace Mann Upstanders Award from the Anti-Defamation League for promoting empathy and social justice in children's literature. It was also an E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Book.

A natural conversation-starter about kindness, bystanders, and speaking up — perfect for the classroom, the counselor's office, or bedtime. For ages 4–8. Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2014. 40 pages, hardcover.