Ruby the Rhinoceros
Illustrated by Dana Vacca
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Author(s)
Victoria Célestin
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| Publisher | Author Solutions |
| Publication | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Format | Paperback/Softback |
| ISBN | 979-8765248621 |
| Pages | 58 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 x 11 x 0.16 in |
| Age | 4 - 6 |
| Price | $18.99 |
Ruby the Rhinoceros
Ruby the Rhinoceros is ready for something new: a tea party with her jungle friends. But choosing the guest list proves harder than she expected. Georgia the Giraffe is too tall. Alice the Alligator has too many teeth. Harriet the Hippopotamus is too bossy. Murphy the Monkey is too jolly. One by one, Ruby finds a reason each friend simply will not do.
Then Krystal the Kangaroo helps Ruby discover something she doesn't expect: perhaps her friends aren't the problem. The friends don't change. Ruby changes the way she sees them.
Warm, playful, and richly illustrated, Ruby the Rhinoceros invites children and the adults reading alongside them to explore perspective, friendship, inclusion, self-awareness, and the joy that becomes possible when we look for the best in others.
Ruby the Rhinoceros is the first title in Victoria Célestin's planned five-book Inner Voice Series, built around a simple idea: the one person every child will spend every moment of life with is themselves—and that lifelong relationship deserves to be nurtured.
Author
Victoria Célestin
Victoria Célestin is an author, educator, organizational leader, U.S. Air Force veteran, and doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership whose work has consistently centered on helping people recognize possibilities in themselves and others. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, she also holds a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from the University of Delaware and has taught at both secondary and university levels.
Across more than two decades, Victoria's work has spanned education, college access, educational consulting, leadership development, government, defense, and nonprofit leadership. She is Founder & CEO of Full Spectra, LLC, an education enterprise whose work now encompasses The Education Continuum and the emerging Inner Voice Series Victoria writes between the seasonal beauty of Vermont and the warmth and color of Arizona. Ruby the Rhinoceros is her debut children's book and the first in her planned five-book Inner Voice Series.
Through whimsical stories filled with humor, wonder, and memorable animal characters, she hopes to help children cultivate the one relationship they will carry throughout their entire lives: the relationship with themselves.