Celebrating Myself!: Books for Kids | Metro Nashville Public Schools

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1) Luna finds love everywhere

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"Can you find love everywhere? It's easier than you think! Follow Luna as she discovers self-love in small, everyday moments. From kindness and sharing to what to do when things don't go your way, Luna Finds Love Everywhere celebrates the many ways we can love and appreciate each other and ourselves!"-- Back cover.

2) I love my body because

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"A picture book about different bodies around the world and why we each love our bodies"-- Provided by publisher.

3) I like myself!

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Beaumont, Karen

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In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.

4) All the ways to be smart

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"A tender, funny, and exquisitely illustrated picture book celebrating all the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are. With heartwarming rhyming text all about knowing what makes you special, All the Ways to Be Smart is a wonderful introduction to conversations about self-esteem." --Amazon.com

5) Why am I me?

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In a poetic, philosophical exchange, two children of different races ask themselves why they are who and what they are, and speculate on how they could be different.

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Shares a story of loving who you are, respecting others and being kind to one another.

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This moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children, is a jubilant celebration of accepting who you are.

8) The name jar

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After Unhei moves from Korea to the United States, her new classmates help her decide what her name should be.

9) This is me: a story of who we are and where we came from

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Curtis, Jamie Lee

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"What would you take? Imagine you were leaving for a new country and could bring along only what would fit in a small suitcase. Which things would you choose to say to the world, "Hi there, this is me!""-- Provided by publisher.

10) Alex and his magical colors

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An autism discovery story

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When he is unable to play baseball with other children because their loud noises hurt his head, a young autistic boy uses his love of painting and colors to find another way to make friends. Includes suggested activities.

11) Dazzling Travis: a story about being confident & original

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Dias, Hannah Carmona

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When some of the kids on the playground begin to pick on Travis, he decides to challenge the social norm and be his true self.

12) You are not a cat!

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Duck and Cat books volume 1

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Cat thinks Duck should stop meowing and start acting like a duck, but Duck doesn't want to be limited to acting like just one animal.

13) Stolen words

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Florence, Melanie

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"This picture book explores the intergenerational impact of Canada's residential school system that separated Indigenous children from their families. The story recognizes the pain of those whose culture and language were taken from them, how that pain is passed down and shared through generations, and how healing can also be shared. Stolen Words captures the beautiful, healing relationship between a little girl and her grandfather. When she asks...

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Gardner Middlemiss, LaRonda

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Through illustrations and simple, rhyming text a group of children celebrates their own bodies, pointing out how their diverse arms bend and fold, their teeth shine, and more.

15) There's only one you

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Heling, Kathryn

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"You're different from everyone else--and it's awesome! This book celebrates all the things that make you special. From the way you look to the activities you enjoy--there's no wrong way to be yourself. Do you like sports, art, spelling, or math? Do you like more than one? Do you hang out with lots of friends or maybe a few? Whoever you are, it's great being you!"--Page [2] of cover.

16) Her body can

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Crenshaw, Katie

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"Her body is beautiful--strong, kind and wise. All bodies are lovely no matter their size. A book of poetic declarations of body positivity and self-love for all young girls."--Back cover.

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After being told how she resembles other members of her family, a young girl states positively and absolutely that she is "NO ONE ELSE BUT ME."

18) Thao

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""Thao" seems like a simple enough name. Only four letters--all of them belonging to many other names! And yet Thao had been called everything from "Tail" to "Theo" to "Towel." At one point, completely fed up, she decided it was time to try another name. Something "easy." Something like "Jennifer." But trying to be someone else only works for so long. And eventually "Jennifer" is swayed back to being herself when she opens her lunchbox and finds her...

19) Beautifully me

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Zubi, a happy Bangladeshi girl, is excited about her first day of school, but at breakfast she is puzzled by her mother and older sister worrying about being "too big," and even at school she hears other people criticizing each other's bodies, and she starts to worry that maybe something is wrong with how she looks--until her declaration at dinner that she is on a diet makes her family realize what they have been doing wrong.

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"A beautifully lyrical and inspirational picture book about being present and loving who you are, from Jessica Olien, the author/illustrator of Adrift, The Blobfish Book, and Shark Detective. What are you? You're big and small and loud and quiet. You are right now. And you are perfect." -- Publisher annotation.