Am I a mighty mountain? Am I a small stone?

Maybe I’m an island? Perhaps an egg?

“Transformations” is a smart and surprising children’s book about perspective, identity, and the power to reshape the story we tell ourselves. At its center is a small stone, confident in its own importance, convinced it is a great, immovable rock. But the world around it repeatedly presents new—and often amusing—points of view that challenge this self-image.

Through a sequence of unexpected and playful double spreads, the book invites young readers (and adults) to look again at reality, to understand that things are not always as they seem, and to discover that identity is not fixed but fluid and open to interpretation. This is a gentle, humorous, and thoughtful story that conveys a deep message with simplicity: the narrative we tell ourselves is part of who we are—and it can always be rewritten.

Marianna Coppo: “What I wanted to say is that the “yourself” is whomever you want to imagine yourself to be. It was a liberating idea for me.”