Only: The Bird Who Liked Being Alone

A beautiful story that captures the meaning of the word "Introvert"! This simple story teaches us to respect each others' boundaries and to show acceptance and kindness to others around you.

Title: Only: The Bird Who Liked Being Alone

Author / Illustrator: Airlie Anderson 

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Only, is a little bird who likes to be alone. Not always, but at least sometimes. Only prefers solitude over noisy friends who are too loud and rough! Other birds on the tree invite Only to dance, sing, and play bird ball. But, Only doesn't have any interest in those activities. He moves away and starts building a cozy nest for himself. Seeing this, other birds wrongly interpret Only and think that he wishes to be lonely.

Once, Squawky, one of the birds, shows up at the doorstep of Only's cozy nest and says that he also would like to share some quiet time with Only. He is given a warm welcome by Only. In fact, Squawky finds quiet time to be fun as he is able to read, paint, and even listens to music (using headphones!). Only even teaches Squawky to tweet gently. Slowly, all the other birds realize that Only likes to sing sometimes, and he doesn't really like to be lonely!

Sometimes, each one of us would want to be alone, away from the noise and chaos. That doesn't mean we always prefer loneliness!

📚 A very simple but powerful message has been conveyed by this story - it's okay to be different and it's also okay to be alone sometimes, as long as you don't feel lonely!

📚 Bright colored illustrations that are very expressive.

📚 Recommended for kids ages 4+

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