Based on the author’s own childhood experience, this clever and heartfelt picture book follows a young girl who wants to bring discussion of her disability into the open, exploring themes of acknowledging and celebrating differences.

Mazie wears an eyepatch and a head scarf, and on her first day at a new school she’s prepared for her classmates to wonder why. And they do, but no one talks to her about it. Instead, wild rumors fly around the classroom that she’s a pirate or a dragon burned off her hair! Mazie doesn’t mind explaining her disability, but can she find the courage to tell the other kids to just ask her?

Katie Mazeika is an author and illustrator with a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design. When she’s not in the studio, she likes to spend time at the theater, in her garden, or getting lost in a good book. She is the creator of picture book biographies Annette Feels Free and Beulah Has a Hunch!, as well as A House on a Train? and Maybe Just Ask Me!, among others. She lives in Ohio with her family and two dogs.