A young girl realizes that she doesn't have to wait until she's
grown-up to stand up for what is right and make a big impact.
While playing on the beach in her coastal town, a young girl comes
across a sea turtle ensnared by a wire. Her town is home to a factory
that has provided jobs for many of her neighbors, including her mother,
but it has also been dumping garbage from a pipe into the waters,
threatening the creatures that live in them.
Children are used to being asked what they'll do and be when they grow
up, but the girl knows there is so much she can do today to help. Unable
to forget the sight of the struggling turtle, with a fantastic act she
inspires the townspeople to compel the factory to change its destructive
ways.
Written in spare and evocative poetry, I Am Today is an empowering story
for children who want to be the change the world needs.