Some Days I'm the Wind - Hardcover

by Rebecca Gardyn Levington (Author), Dinara Mirtalipova (Illustrator), Teresa Gallagher (Narrated by)

A 2025 Foreword Indies Book of the Year finalist

★"By following one expressive girl through wonderfully evocative art, this story celebrates both imaginative play and openness to all kinds of emotions" - Booklist, starred review

A calming reminder that you can feel a different way each day -- and that's ok!

And just like the wind, or the sun or the sea,
On some days I'm some ways, but all days, I'm me.

Some days you may feel like a cyclone, a whirl, dizzy, giddy, wild. Other days, you're a whisper, a breeze, gentle mellow, mild. You're not the same each day, and Some Days I'm the Wind is here to say that's ok! In this calming poem, reassuring phrases encourage readers to meet themselves as they are and explore all sides of their emotions and personalities.

• Teaches kids there are no "good" or "bad" feelings. All feelings are feelings!
• A perfect companion read to Whatever Comes Tomorrow
• Endnotes provide further exercises to explore feelings through poetry and writing

Back Jacket

Do you feel like this sun . . . or more like this one?
Each day can feel a different way, and that's okay!

Author Biography

Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a children's book author, poet, and journalist with a particular penchant for penning both playful and poignant picture books and poems - primarily in rhyme. Rebecca's award-winning poems and articles have appeared in numerous anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She lives in the suburban jungles of New Jersey, USA, with her husband and two boisterous boys.

Dinara Mirtalipova is an award-winning folk artist with a passion for visual storytelling and an admiration for cultures and craftsmanship. Influenced by traditional folklore and classic fairytales, she prefers to draw and paint by hand in bright primary colors with traditional materials such as gouache. She currently divides her time between an Assistant Professor position at Cleveland Institute of Art and working on collaborations and commissions from her home studio in Northeast Ohio.