I May Be Small but I Am a Lion at Heart

I May Be Small but I Am a Lion at Heart is a short, rhyming children's book narrated by a premature baby in the NICU. The baby's encouraging words to his mom gives positivity and courage to parents who often experience an emotional roller coaster watching their little ones hooked up to monitors, tubes, and lying in incubators in the NICU. Nihal Gill, the author, was born seventeen years ago as a preemie. Nihal spent two and a half months in the NICU. He was inspired to write this book after hearing his mom recount the emotional roller coaster she experienced during his NICU stay. In writing this book Nihal would like to stress the importance of reading to preemies because of better mental and cognitive development. Nihal wrote this book to convey hope and courage to parents with newborns in the NICU and hopes it will relieve some of the anxiety parents experience during the time their children are in the hospital. Nihal wants them to believe that their tiny miracles will be okay and come out of the NICU healthy and strong just as he did. Nihal will be donating 100% of the book profits to March of Dimes and The Tiny Miracles Foundation.