You're Here for a Reason - by Nancy Tillman (Board Book)

About the Book

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "On the Night You Were Born" takes a universal truth that each person in the world makes a difference in this board book edition of her bestselling picture book. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Now available in board book, You're Here for a Reason, from national-bestselling and beloved author Nancy Tillman, takes a universal truth and makes it accessible for readers young and old.

Not only are we loved, but we also matter. In this tender and timeless read-along book, Tillman reminds us of this message in beautiful illustrations as children and animals interact with acts of kindness.

You're here for a reason. If you think you're not
I would just say that perhaps you forgot . . .
a piece of the world that is precious and dear would surely be missing if you weren't here.

If not for your smile and your laugh and your heart
this place we call home would be minus a part.

Thank goodness you're here!
Thank goodness times two!
I just can't imagine a world without you.

Review Quotes

In these pages, readers get the sense of spying on a secret world--and [the] potent combination of unapologetic sentiment, fantasy, photorealism, and painterliness has an undeniable allure. --Publishers Weekly for Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You

"A beautiful tribute to the uniqueness of every child." --Kirkus Reviews on On the Night You Were Born

This is one of those rare baby books that should make both skeptics and sentimentalists of all ages happy. --Publishers Weekly, for On the Night You Were Born

A beautiful and timeless book. --School Library Journal for The Spirit of Christmas

About The Author

Nancy Tillman is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture book On the Night You Were Born; its companion journal, The Wonder of You: A Book for Celebrating Baby's First Year; The Spirit of Christmas; The Heaven of Animals; and the New York Times bestsellers, Wherever You Are, My Love Will Find You; The Crown on Your Head; and I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love. She also created the mischievous cat Tumford in Tumford the Terrible and Tumford's Rude Noises, and illustrated It's Time to Sleep, My Love by Eric Metaxas. Nancy's mission in creating her books is to convey to children everywhere that You are loved. She lives in Portland, Oregon.