The Wonderful Things You Will Be

Grades Preschool – 2
Ages 3–7

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Celebrate the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever. This is the perfect heartfelt gift for kids of all ages, plus a great choice for baby showers, birthdays, graduations, and other new beginnings!

From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin’s rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving things that parents think of when they look at their children. With beautiful, lush illustrations and a stunning gatefold that opens at the end, this is a book that families will love reading over and over.

The Wonderful Things You Will Be has a loving and truthful message that will endure for lifetimes and makes a great gift to the ones you love for any occasion.

Bestseller

“Her children are so serious… and so unflappable… that they convey not just hope for the future, but a sense of manifest destiny.” — Publishers Weekly starred review

“Sweet but not saccharine and singsong but not forced, Martin’s text is one that will invite rereadings as it affirms parental wishes for children while admirably keeping child readers at its heart.”
—Kirkus starred review

ISBN 9798217124541 (Hardcover)
Published on Oct 28, 2025
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 44
Dimensions 9-1/2 x 10
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

ISBN 9780593294680 (Audiobook Download)
Published on May 5, 2020
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

ISBN 9780375973277 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Aug 25, 2015
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 36
Dimensions 9-1/2 x 10
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

ISBN 9780375982187 (Ebook)
Published on Aug 25, 2015
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Dimensions 9-1/2 x 10
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

ISBN 9780385376716 (Hardcover)
Published on Aug 25, 2015
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 36
Dimensions 9-1/2 x 10
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

ISBN 9781101935651 (Enhanced Ebook)
Published on Aug 25, 2015
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages 32
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2

Emily Winfield Martin

Emily Winfield Martin is a collector and lover of fairy tales, and the original Grimm’s tale of Snow White and Rose Red enchanted and haunted her all her life. She is a painter of real and imaginary things, and the author and illustrator of such books as Dream Animals and The Wonderful Things You Will Be. Emily lives among the giant trees of Portland, Oregon, and if you need her, you might look in the heart of the woods.

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