Tiki Tholley Reads Her Reflection

• Self Talk
• Social Emotional Learning
• Empowerment
• Self-love

Tiki Tholley Reads Her Reflection is a children’s picture book for children ages 3-8, but the story can be enjoyed by all ages!

Full of vivid imagery and imagination, Tiki’s story offers a glimpse into the world of a young immigrant grappling with her self-image in a new world. Meanwhile, it provides an opening to critical discussions around self-esteem, negative self-talk, and simply being different in a way that’s ripe for young readers and listeners.

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Review:

“As a school counselor at an elementary school with much cultural diversity, I found Tiki Tholley Reads Her Reflection to be a sweet and uplifting book. The illustrations are beautiful and the message is important. Many young children often experience negative self-talk and find it difficult to reframe their thoughts into helpful, positive thoughts. In this book, Tiki finds herself on a new continent, riding a new bus, and heading to a new school. Her new teacher helps her and her new classmates to create positive self-talk. This helps Tiki overcome the challenges of looking or sounding different and allows her to embrace how amazing she actually is. This book would be helpful in teaching young children how everyone has self-talk, how we think affects how we feel, and that positive self-talk can help us overcome challenges. I highly recommend it!” — Lisa I., School Counselor