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Every Body Move! is a celebration of children with disabilities as well as their mobility tools. This book explores various mobility devices and how children utilize them to navigate the world.

What I Liked: This book not only celebrates children with disabilities, but it is also an accessible book for all. Included there is a QR code that will let you watch a video and audio animation of this book. The closing of this book showcases different mobility devices and how they help people move. This book serves as a great tool for anyone to start conversations about what accessibility means and how to ensure inclusivity when playing with others, or looking for spaces to engage people in.

Not only is there diversity in the types of mobility devices that each child is using, but there is also racial and ethnic diversity, along with various disabilities highlighted throughout the illustrations in this book. Each page introduces you to additional mobility devices and highlights the range in similar mobility devices, such as different types of wheelchairs. Each page continues the celebration of mobility devices and encourages children to move in the ways that they can. This book does a fantastic job of highlighting how exciting movement is, regardless of how you do it, and showcasing that movement isn’t any less if you have to use a mobility aid.

Final Verdict: Every Body Move! is a delightful, cheerful, and vibrant celebration of movement for everyone, particularly children with disabilities and those who use mobility devices. This is a great book to show children the purpose of mobility devices, the range of these tools, and how children with disabilities can enjoy movement along with everyone else. This is perfect for children ages 3 and up who enjoy books that have a singing aspect to them, or who enjoy books with vibrant illustrations and interactive elements.