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I Am Strong Just Being Me
  • Published: 3 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781838917180
  • Imprint: LTP Studio
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99

I Am Strong Just Being Me

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Paperback
5 Mar 2026
Hardback
3 Apr 2025
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What is strong?

From the power of silence to the strength of an embrace, a curious young child explores the many different ways to be strong.

A thought-provoking, beautifully illustrated book from award-winning author Laura Dockrill.

A poetic story from Laura Dockrill (Angry Cookie, The Lipstick, Grey) that shows children that there are many different ways to be strong.

Is strong brave and fearless?
Does it always win a fight?
Does strong have a shouty voice?
Is it always right?

These are some of the questions that the inquisitive Bean asks their Nanna one day while in the garden. What follows is a stunning, lyrical exploration of strength and its many guises. From the power of silence to the strength of an embrace, this uplifting picture book offers an alternative to the stereotypes around strength, and encourages all children that they can be strong in their own way. The lyrical text is accompanied by Kip Alizadeh's gorgeous, evocative illustrations, which are a celebration of the natural world. Just like Today I'm Strong by Nadiya Hussain and Ella Bailey, The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright and Jim Field, and the Big Bright Feelings series by Tom Percival, I Am Strong Just Being Me is a powerful picture book that inspires reflection.
  • Published: 3 April 2025
  • ISBN: 9781838917180
  • Imprint: LTP Studio
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the authors

Laura Dockrill

'Wow, what a stormer! It's wonderful to have the voice of someone as young and as funny in the children's books world' Michael Rosen

‘Everyone’s falling for Laura Dockrill’ VOGUE.

Named one of the top ten literary talents by The Times and one of the top twenty hot faces to watch by ELLE magazine, Laura is a young, talented writer/illustrator who is a graduate of the Brits School of Performing Arts.
She has performed her work at the Edinburgh Fringe, Camp Bestival, Latitude, Bookslam and the Soho Theatre, and on Woman’s Hour, The Jo Whiley show, Newsnight, BBC Breakfast and each of the BBC’s respective radio channels 1-6. She has been a roaming reporter for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, run workshops at the Imagine children's literature festival on the South Bank, and is on the advisory panel at the Ministry of Stories.

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