I’m Right Here
A Reassurance Story for Babies and Toddlers
By Jennifer Kretschman, writing as Wren Solenne
Beep, beep, beep. Knock, knock, knock. Splash, splash, splash. Yawn, yawn, yawn.
Through every small sound of a baby's day, a little voice is asking the same quiet question. And the one who loves him most is always closer than he knows.
With a gentle call-and-response rhythm and a familiar bunny tucked into every page, this tender read-aloud is perfect for foster, adoptive, and guardian families, and for anyone raising a little one who needs to know they are seen, safe, and deeply loved.
A book about being found.
It is the feeling that someone is there.
That when they reach out, someone reaches back. That when they wonder where you are, you answer. This book lives inside that exchange. Not a book about a big adventure or a clever lesson, but a book about the everyday rhythm of being known.
The most important thing a young child learns is not a word or a shape or a number.
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This book was written for your family
Whether your child came to you from a NICU, a foster placement, a guardianship, or from the very beginning, this book holds space for your story.
The opening pages are set in a place strange and bright, with beeps and whispers. Many children begin their lives in hospital rooms before they ever feel the warmth of home. I did not want to skip over that beginning. I wanted children who started life in a NICU, and the families who sat beside them, to see themselves on the very first page.
This book is for parents, grandparents, foster families, chosen families, and caregivers of every kind who are doing the holy, exhausting, beautiful work of showing up. You are doing more than you know.
Look for the Bunny
There is a small bunny tucked into every illustration. He is the child's quiet companion, present in every scene, sometimes hidden, sometimes in plain sight. Children love to find him. Grown-ups love to point him out. He is a small invitation to slow down and look together.
About
Jennifer Kretschman writes under the pen name Wren Solenne. Wren is a children's author, social worker, and caregiver whose work sits at the intersection of attachment, emotional safety, and the quiet power of being found.
She believes children do not need perfect adults. They need present ones.
Wren lives in Sacramento, California, where she writes, parents, and continues her work in public education and family advocacy.
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