Yesterday I fell.
I tripped on a cobblestone—and oof!
My dad cleaned my knee and told me, 'Soon you'll have a beautiful scab.'
I got a scab, but it wasn't beautiful.

Join beloved picture-book creator Beatrice Alemagna in a touching and imaginative exploration of growing, changing, and learning how to live with—and sometimes, even love—the things that scare us.

'Pepper & Me is a simple story, but is also a secret door to what days and weeks feel like when you are small. Beatrice Alemagna has the key, and we're so lucky that she does.'—JON KLASSEN