I Love Me

by Sally Morgan, Ambelin Kwaymullina

Overview

I Love Me is a vibrant, multi-colored, and award-winning board book that teaches kids one of life's most important lessons: self acceptance.

The 2019 Children's Picture Book Silver Nautilus Book Award winner. "I love my eyes, I love my nose, I love the way my curly hair grows!" Acclaimed Australian creators Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina celebrate individuality and joyous self-esteem in bouncy, rhythmic prose and lively color. I Love Me is inclusive, fun, simple, and contains a necessary lesson for all about the positivity of self love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524851163
Publisher:	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	331,407
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 6.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

Editorial Reviews

Starred Review: "This Australian import is a 24-page affirmation of self-worth for children everywhere . . . You just gotta 'love, love, love' this joy-filled book." (Kirkus Reviews)

From the Publisher

★ 2019-09-24
This Australian import is a 24-page affirmation of self-worth for children everywhere.

Morgan and Kwaymullina, both from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, use traditional Aboriginal-style art to illustrate the unique attributes that make a child loved and lovable. Vibrant, patterned colors in deep, rich hues frame each page while dots, stripes, stars, and swirling bands of color emphasize the joyous message. Two smiling brown-skinned children, sometimes joined by a black-and-white spotted dog, are haloed in variously colored auras that emphasize their singularity and seem to radiate self-love. The occasional rhymes in the text are unobtrusive but not forced. "Thin" is rhymed with "green," and "loud" with "proud." But when a rhyme is not readily available, the rhyme scheme is sensibly abandoned in favor of clarity; there is no attempt to rhyme "I love me! I love my ears. I love my laugh. / I love the way my toes make art." Onomatopoeic words repeated three times ("tap," "thump," etc.) add energy and rhythm. On the next-to-last page, one child with crossed arms looks directly at readers to ask, "Who else would I be?" before returning to the refrain, "And I love, love, love me!"

You just gotta "love, love, love" this joy-filled book. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews