Author: Seth Meyers
Reviewed by Chloe Fuksa, Putnam Six Bookstore
I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared is a funny new book written by late-night host Seth Meyers and illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr. It is a picture book with a target age range of 3-7 years old. You certainly get a dose of Meyers’s comedy, but there is also a good lesson about both friendship and courage for kiddos.
Rabbit is not scared by anything at all – it reads scary stories and goes on adventures and doesn’t even sleep with its door closed. Bear, though, is the opposite. Bear gets easily scared, even of its own reflection in the mirror. Rabbit finally convinces Bear to go on a trip, but Bear takes the long way around to avoid the scary things – a fish-filled stream, the dark woods, a rocky mountain, a rickety bridge. When Rabbit finds itself though desperately needing help, will Bear be brave enough to overcome its fears and rescue its friend?
The illustrations in this book are wonderful and quite funny themselves. Plus, each page has a handful of short sentences, so they build up the story nicely without being overly long and losing children’s interest. I’m Not Scared, You’re Scared is a great book, perfectly balancing humor with a good message. Kiddos can laugh at Rabbit and Bear while also learning that they themselves can be brave and adventurous too.
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