Emma Freya & Rae Freya

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

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