![]() ![]() Lerner’s illustrated verse novel opens on Will’s fourth grade year. Will Chambers wrestles with fat stigma, self-loathing, disordered eating, and the ultimate desire to be accepted. Prolific children’s book illustrator Rice provides charming collagelike images that include patterns, solid colors, and a soft, spongy texture.Īn attractive and playful way to help kids learn about and appreciate their bodies. But the story assumes an audience with wide-ranging abilities, which won’t apply to all readers. The work’s especially legible, dyslexic-friendly font is a plus-suitable for kids or dyslexic adults reading aloud. Bodies are something to smile about, concludes the girl: “Be thankful for / Each happy part!” In her latest picture book, Howell teaches kids the basics of body parts in nicely scanning, enjoyable verse. Ten fingers feel, / And touch, and tap.” The list also includes ears, eyes, noses, arms, tummies, legs, and feet (not to mention a teddy bear’s whiskers, paws, and tail). Hands can “Grip a crayon, / Learn to snap. Mouths, for example, are for drinking, eating, speaking, singing, humming, rapping, buzzing, or even tweeting like a bird. This picture book celebrates the body and what it can do.Ī fuzzy brown bear, a redheaded White girl with freckles, and a sandy-haired Whiteboy introduce kids to major parts of the body using rhyming verse to explain the kinds of things they let children do. ![]()
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