I loved wonderfully weird Rumple Buttercup when I met him four years ago and have been patiently (sometimes) waiting for Matthew Gray Gubler to introduce me to a new friend whose life began in his imagination.

Meet Lenore. She was born with a BIG green hand. She doesn’t know why she has a BIG green hand.

She just knows she needs to hide it from the world. So that’s what she does.

One day Lenore meets Chuck. He doesn’t have a BIG green hand but he does have a story to tell.

If I tell you this book is adorable, will that make you want to read it?

Yes? It’s so adorable. Your heart will be warmed. You’ll feel hope. You’ll want to be kinder and to look for the good in others. You may even start looking for smiley clouds.

No? This is a book about looking at the world through someone else’s eyes. It’s about connection. It encourages empathy and kindness. It’s about accepting yourself and others. It makes you curious about what you could do if you didn’t hold yourself back. It’s about embracing your uniqueness. It gives you a perspective reset.

Not convinced yet? You may need this book the most.

“I never realized how bright the world could be … when you remember we are all connected”