Dear Graduate: A Book for When We Take a Step Forward - Hardcover

McEnerney, Charles; Larson, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 13: 9798217034673

Publisher: Clarkson Potter, 2025

Synopsis

For grads of all ages, this joyful, vibrant giftbook challenges the age-old question of what will you be?, and instead asks what will you do?

Graduation is both exciting and riddled with unknowns—a moment when we stop to ask ourselves big questions. By turns whimsical and introspective, Dear Graduate playfully asks readers how they want to spend their lives and what values they'll develop. The 30 questions in this bite-sized and poignant book encourages grads—or anyone at a crossroads—to consider who they aspire to be and what sort of mark they dream of making on the world.

Examples include:

• Will you treat every other person, animal, and living thing with respect and care?
• Will you invent something useful that we’ve never seen before?
• Will you grow flowers or bring them (and joy) to our doors?
• Will you juggle numbers, dishes, or bowling ball pins?
• Will you cheer on your friends and family to succeed?

With sentiments that offer us an opportunity to think deliberately about the decisions ahead, readers of all ages can enjoy this compact and colorful gift book that celebrates one of life’s most momentous milestones.

About this title

About the Author

Charles McEnerney is a writer, musician, marketer, and, most importantly, a dad to Adacie and Declan. Throughout his career, he has worked at HBO, GBH/PBS, Fast Company, Inc. and MovieMaker magazines, Seattle International Film Festival, Emerson College, The Grommet, and 826 Boston. He lives in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

Adam Larson is an award-winning artist, creative director, designer, and illustrator. He founded the multi-disciplanary brand design studio Adam&Co, whose clients have included Absolut, Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Fleetwood Mac, Herbie Hancock, Hoka, Nike, Puma, Saucony, Converse, The Boston Public Library, Harvard, MIT, Syracuse University, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and many others. He lives in Florence, Massachusetts, with his American Bully, Rhys.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

When we are young, we are often asked the question . . .

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A difficult question—and how is one to know?

But what if the question wasn’t, “What do you want to be?”

What if we asked . . .

What will you do when you grow up?

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarkson Potter
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798217034673
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 88