About This Book:
From award-winning creators Susan Verde and Steph Littlebird comes an empowering celebration of the strength, diversity, worthiness, and beauty of our bodies.
Did you know your body is beautiful?
And not only is it beautiful—it is also unique, miraculous, wise, worthy, and 100% your own.
New York Times bestselling author Susan Verde (the I Am series) and acclaimed illustrator Steph Littlebird (My Powerful Hair) team up to celebrate all of the beautiful things our bodies can be and do: from mirroring the wonders in nature and carrying the stories of our ancestors, to speaking up for what they need, growing, dancing and more!
With an empowering, lyrical text and bold, vibrant illustrations, Body Beautiful feels like a hug for every body.
*Review Contributed By Connie Reid, Staff Reviewer*
Positive and Inclusive
Body Beautiful is a loving, positive look at all the ways our bodies are unique and beautiful. Having grown up in a time when the media was much harsher about what bodies are beautiful and magazines pushing for the “ideal” and right body, it is hard to accept the positive affirmations this book has to offer at times. Hopefully, with books like this, the upcoming generation can believe the message on an intrinsic level, as the message is repeated often.
The illustrations are bright and boisterous with so many skin, hair, and adaptive devices present to make children feel seen and included. The language is overwhelmingly positive, with many vocabulary words to be gained for how to describe your body. The only thing that detracted from the story was one page that lists so many words that it ran the risk of becoming word salad, and the child I was reading with started to wander off.
Overall, I applaud the positivity and the healthier messaging on our miraculous bodies and hope the next generation uses books like this to love their body.
