The Backpack

About this book

A new day of school, and a new backpack! Something hip and cool. A place for books, a place to clip a lunchbox, a perfect turquoise hue. The Backpack offers a lesson on caring, friendship, and understanding that it's what's inside that makes us all important. After spending a summer seeking the perfect backpack, a rising third-grader finally finds one that seems to have it all. But on the first day of school, she notices a new boy with an old, patched-up backpack. Her father's words echo in her mind: what counts is what's inside.Will she embrace true friendship and look beyond appearances? This rhyming story, with colorful art from illustrator Klaudia Bezak, is for children ages 5-12 and teaches a valuable lesson on kindness, acceptance, and the importance of inner qualities.