“After all, before you could play a song, you had to learn each note of the scale. A newspaper article was made up of smaller words. Even baking a cake required smaller steps, like cracking eggs in a bowl or measuring out flour. Maybe Claudie had been going about this all wrong. Maybe if she focused on the smaller steps, she could work her way toward being good at something.” InspirationalTalentHard WorkTalentsSkillSkill DevelopmentAmerican GirlAmerican Girl ClaudieDiscovering Your Talents Book:Meet Claudie Source: Meet Claudie