We are excited to share a bundled giveaway for I Can Learn To Be Brave and We Can Be Brave (Mariann Edgar Budde)!
Meet the Author: Mariann Edgar Budde
Mariann Edgar Budde is the bishop and spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C., and the Washington National Cathedral. Prior to her election in 2011, she was a parish priest in Minneapolis for eighteen years. She has appeared on PBS NewsHour, Meet the Press, Good Morning America, and the Today show, among others. Bishop Budde earned her master’s in divinity and doctor of ministry from Virginia Theological Seminary.
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About the Book: I Can Learn to Be Brave
From the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, comes a picture book that teaches the smallest readers that no voice is too quiet, no message too small, to have an impact on a friend.
There once was a girl who wished she was brave.
But mostly . . .
She was not.
A little girl is scared to try new things. New things are hard! What if she fails? What if someone sees her fail? She laments that she’d like to be brave, but how does she start when the world is so big and she is so small?
Luckily, another very brave girl takes her under her wing and shows her how to be brave in those small decisive moments that children may not realize beckon bravery forward. Climbing a hill, using a rope swing, and finding the most beautiful sunset. For those little moments–Bishop Budde argues–are the ones that become the biggest lessons.
Inspired by her adult book How We Learn to Be Brave, Bishop Budde’s words can now be read and held close by readers of all ages. Children are never too young to learn that they can effect change, and this brilliant text, accompanied by gorgeous art by New York Times bestselling illustrator Holly Hatam, is one that will inspire generations to come.
“A boon to uncertain youngsters everywhere.” – Kirkus Reviews
Title: I Can Learn to Be Brave
Author: Mariann Edgar Budde
Illustrator: Holly Hatam
Release Date: 7/7/2026
Publisher: Flamingo Books
ISBN-13: 9798217041909
Genre: Picturebook, Values & Virtues, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, New Experience, Courage & Honor, Determination, Emotions & Feelings, Acceptance & Belonging
Age Range: 4-8 years
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Three (3) winners will receive a hardcover I CAN LEARN TO BE BRAVE and a paperback edition of WE CAN BE BRAVE (Mariann Edgar Budde; with Bryan Bliss) ~ US ONLY!
