by Angela DiTerlizzi, Lorena Alvarez Gomez (illustrator)
This calming companion to the bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why is a marvelous introduction for young listeners to mindfulness and keeping your cool!
Missed the bus? Flubbed a test? Got overwhelmed in a crowd? When you’re feeling big feelings or having a bad day, it can be hard to calm your racing mind and stay present. The Marvelous Now gives kids the tools to see that this is the moment where you need to be! Through accessible, rhythmic verse by Angela DiTerlizzi and colorful, joyful illustrations by Lorena Alvarez Gómez, the Now will help young listeners learn to regulate their emotions, reset, and reach their happy place.
The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi is the author of award-winning, charming, and inspiring picture books, including the New York Times bestselling The Magical Yet, The Curious Why, A Very Cranky Book, Some Bugs, Just Add Glitter, and many others. She and her husband, bestselling author-illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, live with their daughter and two rescue dogs in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Lorena Alvarez Gómez is the illustrator of the New York Times bestselling The Magical Yet and The Curious Why by Angela DiTerlizzi, The City Tree by Shira Boss, The Noon Balloon by Margaret Wise Brown, Marsha Is Magnetic by Beth Ferry, and the Carmen books by Anika Denise, among others. She lives in Bogotá, Colombia.
ISBN: 9780316500036
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: July 29, 2025Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Pages: 40
-Mindfulness -Emotions
-Stories in rhyme
-Mindfulness-Picture books