When You're a Boy

When you’re a boy,

you’re told how to be

like the white-roaring oceans.

But I’ve learned

the fierceness of flowers,

the glory of color,

and the beauty of dreaming.

Wander through forests, cross rivers, and climb mountains in this powerful and moving exploration of what it means to be a boy.

Author Biography

Blake Nuto is an award-winning writer living in lutruwita (Tasmania), Australia, with his wife and three children. He is a trained teacher with a deep love of literature and a desire to integrate philosophy and mindfulness into education. He is the author of A Day That’s Ours and Child of Galaxies. When You’re a Boy is his first authored and illustrated book. Blake Nuto is an award-winning writer living in lutruwita (Tasmania), Australia, with his wife and three children. He is a trained teacher with a deep love of literature and a desire to integrate philosophy and mindfulness into education. He is the author of A Day That’s Ours and Child of Galaxies. When You’re a Boy is his first authored and illustrated book.