Emma Freya & Rae Freya
Just Be Yourself
Just Be Yourself
Lots of Love series
Mother-Daughter Collaboration
A Swedish-Australian Chapter Book About Being Yourself
Love is a Swedish-Australian girl navigating a nervous first day back, a new friendship, and a class presentation where she decides to make Swedish chocolate balls. Things don't quite go to plan.
Swedish words are woven naturally throughout every chapter, with pronunciation guides at the bottom of the pages so the whole family can read along. No Swedish required.
Written by Emma Freya. Co-illustrated by her daughter, Rae Freya.
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| Author | Emma Freya |
| Co-Illustrator | Rae Freya |
| Category | Children’s / Teenage fiction |
| Reading age | 6 - 12 years |
| Language | English and Swedish |
| Publication date | 18 October 2025 |
It's the first day back at school, and Love is feeling nervous. New classmates, a new teacher, and all the little uncertainties that come with change. She keeps a small pocket treasure close, just in case.
When her teacher assigns everyone to give a class presentation on something cultural from home, Love has a big decision to make. Pappa suggests something very Aussie. Mamma has a Swedish idea. Love picks her favourite tradition, but things don't go quite as planned.
With warmth, humour and heart, Just Be Yourself celebrates the small, everyday moments that make life meaningful, and reminds readers that being yourself is always enough.
What's inside:
- 7 chapters
- Perfect for ages 6–12
- Swedish words woven naturally with phonetic pronunciation guides at the bottom of pages
- Recipe for Swedish chokladbollar (chocolate balls) to make at home
- Swedish alphabet, meal words, glossary and question time activity
- Written, published and printed with love in Australia
Specifications
| ISBN | 978-1-7640981-0-6 |
| Pages | 144 |
| Trim size | 127 mm x 203 mm |
| Dimensions | 127 mm x 203 mm |
| Weight | 175 g |

My daughter and I both loved this book! We are a fellow Swedish-Australian family and loved how the author put the story together incorporating Swedish words. For non-Swedish people it was great with the glossary on each page, including it's phonetic writing to help with pronounciation.