Offering simple tools, techniques, and ideas, and combining personal experience with extensive research and feedback from parents and kids, this book looks at shyness in a new way, helping children overcome the aspects of shyness that are holding them back.

"Everyone feels shy at times, even grown-ups and other children who seem very brave. But excessive shyness may leave children feeling lonely and left out. This book [is intended to] help children take the first steps toward feeling more confident"--Amazon.com.

"This picture book helps children overcome their shyness with manageable strategies, such as preparing ahead of time for events they feel shy about, so they can learn to be more confident and comfortable around other children, as well as adults"-- Provided by publisher.

"Pippy is shy and likes to hide. Will she find a way to play with the others?"--P. [4] of cover.

"As an overstimulated boy heads to school, he struggles to connect with the world around him"-- Provided by publisher.

A very shy mouse has trouble even saying hello on her first night of school, but a game of hide-and-seek with Miss Moon and her classmates Bat, Owl, and Cat may help her come out of her shell.

Oliver wants to drink tea with a friend. Philbert, who loves tea, tries to get Oliver's attention.

"Willow is shy. VERY shy. Her home is in an abandoned mailbox, and she'd rather stay put. Outside kids scream and soccer balls collide, trees look like monsters, and rain is noisy in a scary kind of way. It's much nicer to stay inside, drawing. But then a young boy drops a letter in Willow's mailbox: it's a note to the moon asking for a special favor. Willow knows that if she doesn't brave the world outside, the letter will never be delivered, and...

Being painfully timid and shy does not keep a young mouse from rescuing his babysitter in an emergency situation, although after becoming a hero he still says zero.