Spring 2025

How Are You, Verity?

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

A neurodivergent child interacts with their neighbors to discover the true meaning behind greetings and salutations.

Verity is bubbling with excitement about an upcoming school field trip to the aquarium! When neighbors ask, “How are you?” Verity shares their excitement and fascinating facts about sea animals. Their older brother John kindly suggests that the question “How are you?” is actually a greeting and not an invitation to share so much. Verity plans an experiment to find out if their brother is right. But when the trip to the aquarium is cancelled, Verity is heartbroken. When people ask “How are you?” what should they say then?

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978-1-4338-4151-4
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books
Category Diverse Books: Mental Health & Neurodiversity, Diversity, SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, SEL: C Social Awareness, SEL: D Relationship Skills, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2023
Publisher American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV077000, JUV039200, JUV039050
Dimensions 8 x 10
Features Awards, Note to adults, Original artwork, and Reviewed

Awards

  • Notable Award ALA Rainbow List 2025 Top Ten, Winner, 2025

Reviews

Publishers Weekly

“Verity must navigate the titular question’s multiple social meanings in this personal-feeling story, which draws on the author’s experiences. . . . Barron’s flattened, unlined renderings stylishly play with shape, pattern, and, aptly, perspective.”—Publishers Weekly