This book is different than a lot of picture books because it doesn't have a definitive story line. Each page and each sentence starts with "Courage is..". The rest of the sentence ranges from "riding your bicycle for the first time without training wheels" to "being the first to make up after an argument." My personal favorites involved "holing on to your dream" and "what we give to each other." This book shows children in various situations that are sometimes hard to deal with. For instance, being the new kid on the block, or eating vegetables without making a face. They range in difficulty but the book has an overall encouraging tone.
This is a great book for elementary school students because it personifies what it's like to try something unfamiliar that could be somewhat scary. When going to school for the first time, students are so brave because they are trying new things. They are becoming courageous every day. It's important in the elementary school classroom that we acknowledge the little victories, as well as the big ones.
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