Category: Children's Picture Book
Hardcover | 40 pages |979-8-90115-013-9
Trim Size: 8.5” H x 10.3” W
Publication Date: May 5th, 2026
List Price: $18.99 USD
Publisher: Starfish Bay® Publishing
Genre: Nature Fiction / Educational Fiction / Coming-of-Age
Reading Level: Grade 2-4
Interest Level: Grades K-5
Guided Reading Level: M
Lexile® Measure: 560L
Accelerated Reader® Level/Poin: 3.1/0.5
A child explores his surroundings using his senses, finding joy and beauty in mindfulness.
You’re a Finder, Tom tells the story of a nature-loving boy who closely observes his surroundings. While on a walk with Mom, he constantly sees animals and insects that she overlooks. With each turn of the page, these finds are revealed to the reader. This gentle, thoughtful story will encourage mindfulness and a love of nature in children, helping them to observe and explore the world around them with all their senses so they too can become “finders”. With tender illustrations that capture a child’s sense of wonder and learning.
Philippa Brown lives in Sydney, Australia. Together with her husband she has raised three children, and over this time has fallen deeply in love with children’s literature. Philippa has worked for twenty years as a general practitioner. As a doctor, she especially loved helping children, but her love of children’s stories eventually won, and she retired early from general practice to write. The New Baby’s Bunny was Philippa’s first published story.
Laura Príncipe is a Spanish illustrator of children's stories. She blends artistic skill with narrative sensitivity to create characters that inspire and engage. Trained in design and illustration, she has collaborated on editorial and educational projects with leading Spanish publishers, crafting visual stories that stimulate imagination and promote positive values in childhood.
Key Features:
- A gentle, thoughtful story that encourages readers to observe and explore the world around them using all their senses.
- Captures the essence of childhood and the sense of wonder as children learn.
- Bright yet tender illustrations that capture the joy of discovering the beauty of nature.
Themes:
- Mindfulness and observation skills
- Using all five senses
- Nature appreciation and connection
- Parent-child bonding and quality time
- Curiosity and wonder about the world
- Noticing small details others miss
- Being present in the moment
- Environmental awareness and exploration
- Different perspectives (child vs. adult)
- Joy in simple discoveries









