I Think I Think a Lot

by Jessica Whipple (Author) Josee Bisaillon (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

A young girl notices, and celebrates, her way of looking at and experiencing the world.

"I think. I think a lot. I think I think a lot. More than most other kids."

A young girl notices and wonders about the ways she and her classmates approach doing good work, caring about people's feelings, and showing they're grateful. She comes to accept herself just as she is and celebrates the differences between herself and her classmates.

"I care a lot. Not more than other kids, just in my own way."

Inspired by the author's experience with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), I Think I Think a Lot can be a starting point for discussions about overthinking or obsessive thought and about the many ways individuals see and experience the world. The neurodivergent main character allows readers to see themselves and others in the story and emphasizes self-acceptance in the face of comparison.

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Review quotes

I Think I Think a Lot is a powerful story of empathy, compassion, and acceptance. Whipple writes beautifully of OCD from a child's perspective and invites the reader into the intricacies of this world. I love this book so much because Whipple makes us think a lot too, and we're so much better because of it.—Jordan Scott, poet and author of I Talk Like a River
Jessica Whipple

Jessica Whipple (authorjessicawhipple.com) is a writer for adults and children.

She is the author of Enough Is . . . (Tilbury House) and I Think I Think a Lot.

Her poetry has been published in print and online literary magazines.

When she's not tinkering with words, Jessica loves to create with anything else she can get her hands on. She has refinished antique dining chairs, crocheted sweaters, designed and built miniature mouse houses, and once hoarded a mess of zebra grass with the hopes of making a wreath.

Jessica lives in Eastern Pennsylvania.


Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9798885540087
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Publication date
August 29, 2023
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV077000 - Juvenile Fiction | Neurodiversity
Library of Congress categories
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