My book is on Walmart. WALMART.

I need a moment. Actually I need several moments. I am taking them all.

Okay. I have to tell you something and I need you to understand that I have been walking around with this information doing a completely normal amount of celebrating, which is to say not normal at all.

My First American Coloring Book is now available on Walmart in the United States.

Walmart. The store. One of the biggest retailers in the country — actually one of the biggest retailers on the planet — has my book on its platform. A book I made. About toddlers learning American culture. With crayons. On Walmart.

I keep typing that sentence to see if it still feels unreal. It does. I am keeping it.

Screenshot of the book My First American Coloring Book on Walmart

I mean… right? ☝️

🎉 LET IT SINK IN

A Brazilian author from São Paulo made a coloring book for toddlers. It is now on Walmart.

No big deal. Completely a big deal. Both at the same time.

When I started this book — working through the blank page problem, fighting with the platform over a single extra page for a barcode (a whole story, it's in a previous post, we move on) — Walmart was not a sentence I had planned to write. Barnes & Noble was already more than I expected. Saxo in Denmark felt like a plot twist. And now this.

This is the kind of thing that happens when you just keep going. Not because you had a grand plan. Because you trusted the book and let it find its way.

A book made for little hands is now available at one of the biggest stores in the world. I don't think the toddlers appreciate the significance of this. I appreciate it enough for all of them.

🛒 WHERE YOU CAN GET IT

🛒 Walmart — United States · NEW

📚 Barnes & Noble — United States

🇩🇰 Saxo — Denmark

📦 Amazon — Worldwide

To everyone who bought a copy, shared the book, mentioned it to someone — thank you. Every single one of those moments added up to this one. It always does, even when you can't see it yet.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go be quietly overwhelmed for a little while longer. It is going very well.

On cloud nine, with crayons,

Jessica Gabrielzyk

✦ MY FIRST AMERICAN COLORING BOOK · WALMART · BARNES & NOBLE · SAXO · AMAZON ✦

Jessica Gabrielzyk

Jessica Gabrielzyk writes about the messy, magical, and often misunderstood moments of life abroad — from giving birth in a foreign hospital to helping toddlers color their way through culture shock. Originally from Brazil, she has lived on three continents, parented in three languages, and now calls Switzerland home with her husband, child, and a dog who has more stamps in her passport than most adults.

Her books, including Maternity Abroad, Parenting Unpacked, and My First American Coloring Book, are heartfelt, honest, and rooted in real global experience. She is a proud member of the Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research (SIETAR) and believes storytelling is the one language that truly travels.

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