Evy the Eager Elephant

About the Book

Evy the Eager Elephant desperately wants to fit in and be accepted but gets repeatedly excluded. She can’t do things other jungle animals can. Evy is finally appreciated for being a helpful elephant. Most children can relate to the experience of being excluded. Evy the Eager Elephant is a hopeful story about persistence in the face of rejection.

About the Author

Judith Silverstein is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Needham Massachusetts. She understands some universal themes most people endure throughout childhood as well as adulthood. She often felt rejected and excluded when she was a child herself but never gave up improving herself and persevered through two PhD’s; first in molecular biology and then in clinical psychology. As a perpetual learner Judy studied painting at the New Art School in Newton MA and does her own illustrations.