We requested and read this book today. This book was beyond my kindergarten girls head, but perfect for my third grade girl. The kindergartner got out of it that her body was strong. My third grader, this was perfect for. The self care portion and the part about thoughts of your body were perfect. She's started questioning why she's a different size than classmates and why bodies look so different. The words were just right, the illustrations as well. This book would be great for 2nd or 3rd grade-up. It was a great reminder as an adult, to pay attention to our bodies.

Be kind to yourself which includes being kind to your body!!

Our bodies do amazing things, our bodies are so complex and cool. This might seem like a weird tangent but I would note that learning about all the incredible ways a body functions ( please check out The Body: A Guide for Occupants by Bill Bryson!!! or how the body stops functioning (like learning about death like the fantastic Caitlin Doughty books, my favorite being Will MyCat Eat My Eyeballs?) also reallllly put into perspective the wonder that is our bodies. And has made me wayyyy kinder to mine.

Anyways, all that’s to say there are a lot of ways to get this message across and we do all need practice with it. I’m not completely sure how this would land with students, it would really depend on the presentation and my group of kids I think. When and if it did land, I think it would be super powerful, though. And its such an important message.

More than that, I can see a lot of cool ways of supplementing this based off of different pages ( incorporating more science based on what your body can do, taking it down a psychology thread / mindfulness thread... it’s definitely something that can easily be woven into a health and wellness unit). You could also use the different ideas provided for how to take care of yourself or your body as activities or different assignments/options... it has potential. It’s a teensy bit disorganized for my liking but I will let that slide for the positive message that is so necessary and the inclusive and lovely art :).

I also went to the website on the back and there isn’t much there yet. I imagine it’ll pick up steam as the book gets ready to really be published.

Love your bodies friends!

Thanks to the publishers and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The inclusion and art in this book was top notch. I'm so happy to see a book for kids that shows fat bodies, disabled bodies, stretch marks, and all sorts of forms. This is a really lovely book.

This is a cheerful, empowering book written by a lady who tells us she was the tallest in her class and felt self-conscious. Later through sports and hiking she learned that a tall body had advantages. By showing us line drawings (by a Brazilian lady) of all sorts of girls with all sorts of differences and abilities, she tells girls to celebrate their growing body whatever shape, colour or form.

Midway through, we get messages that anyone can feel down at times but finding a positive quote, journaling (bad idea if you have siblings who would sneak a read), learning art or photography, or talking to someone, can help. Well, these days it should help to talk to someone; when I was growing up, children were not supposed to be capable of being bored or depressed or isolated. Few adults would listen to children and you would just be told to be quiet and do your homework. Now the wider community is much more aware of the difficulties young people face while living the necessarily restricted life of a pre-teen. I hope that a parent or teacher giving this book to a child will take the message from it that they have a part to play in helping young people to grow up healthy, positive and confident.

I like the overall positivity and inclusivity of this book and the drawings. The age I would suggest is pre-teen, 10 up, to young teen.
I downloaded an e-ARC from Net Galley. This is an unbiased review.

Love Your Body by Australian author Jessica Sanders is an empowering little book for girls. It conveys an important message to young women about self-love and self-care. I like the list of things to do when you're feeling down and think the illustrations are wonderful. I just wish this book had been around when my own daughter was younger! With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my copy.

The title says it all. Love Your body has a simple specific message for girls to love their bodies and themselves. We are all unique. The illustrations on every page feature many girls with all different body types and of different races. This book is empowering individuality and encourages readers to not buy in to the stereotyped beauty often embraced by society as perfect. Everyone is perfect as they are.

This books reads like one aimed at young readers, but the subject may be more suited for those that are approaching the difficult teenage years. It's not a plotted story, more a celebration. It's never too early to teach children to love themselves as they are and to celebrate life. This book is a step in that direction.

I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Love your body by Jessica Sanders is a must read for girls of all ages. A perfect birthday gift for a young lady. Carol Rossetti's illustrations are beautifully unique and towards to back there are links for free printable and activities.

A very important book for young girls infact all age groups.Body shaming so common in society that it's considered normal.But the way it effects a girl's personality,it can't be explained.
So basically this book gives the girls confidance on how to be comfortable in their own skin.

This was a beautifully written book exploring diversity of females and those that identify as female. There is diversity with race and culture and body shape and interests. It opens up the world to explore the concept of loving yourself and your own body. It teaches confidence, but you don’t feel overwhelmed with information and cheesy overused messages. This is adaptable for girls from elementary through high school even. Great messages, a quick read, and promoting love for all bodies and people.

I received an electronic copy from Quarto Publishing Group through NetGalley.
Sanders has created a go-to book for young girls and women to support positive body images. She emphasizes that bodies come in all shapes and sizes and each is unique and terrific. The illustrations support her points as they show a broad spectrum of young girls and women. Each is unique and none are shamed for how they look. This is a critical message to share with girls and young women as it honors individual talents and abilities along with body styles.
It's a bit wordy at times but the message comes through.

Wow, this was amazing. I want to buy hundreds of copies and give them to all the women I know. Although this book is short, it comes with such an important message: that no matter your differences, your body is beautiful and strong. It gives such important information on self-care and simply loving yourself. I'd recommend this to every woman.

5/5 stars for everything in this book. Realistic body representation? Check! Inspirational themes? Yes, absolutely! Entertaining and engaging text? That's an understatement!

Did you know that acupuncture in your foot can heal pain in your ear? Everything is connected, just like this book teaches. LOVE YOUR BODY not only promotes body positivity to preteens and teens, but inspires confidence, open mindsets, and jubilance as an aftermath of learning to love yourself. This is the feature that stuck out most to me - if I realize that I am wonderful the way I am, my mental health will improve in other ways. There's nothing else I can say about LOVE YOUR BODY - it is thematic, motivational, inclusive, and thought-provoking. I believe this book can solve the problem many young girls AND boys are facing!

I recommend this book to primarily preteens and teenagers, but in reality, anybody can learn how to love and accept themselves from this book! Also, don't assume only females experience self esteem problems. Boys also need body-positive influences, and LOVE YOUR BODY supplies it!

So empowering and such a fantastic message, especially for young women!

I want to give a copy to every to every woman I know! Yes, we are all different but we all deserve to feel good about the skin we're in!

Amen and amen!

Thank you to Jessica Sanders, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Review to be posted on my blog/goodreads tomorrow.

A body positive books for kids! I love it! I am not a kid but I can tell you that even I need a book like this, my body positivity varies day by day but generally... not really healthy. :( So I was eager to read this book and see what we would see and read.

And this was a very sweet and positive read. I loved seeing the kids grow up to teens and then to adults. I love the diversity in bodies and colours. I was thinking this would just be a book about kids and how they could stay body positive but instead it features older girls/women. So while I still would recommend it to kids I think I would recommend it to an older age group than I had originally planned.

I loved that we get tips on how to get more body positive, how to do selfcare, what you can do with your body, to listen closely to it. Some of the tips aren't going to be working at the moment in stay at home situations, but many still work now, and the rest will work when the world is back to normal.
Sadly, I know the tips don't work for me, or only work temporarily. I still keep trying, but I do wonder if I ever will have the positivity these girls in this book have. I would love to.

There are also resources and help lines. While the US (as expected) gets a lot of info, I am happy that they link to their site. But, I have to say, yeah, that turned pretty useless in the end. Just the big English speaking countries (US, Australia, Canada, UK) are featured. I know you may not be able to do all the countries in the world, but you can do some more effort in it. Pick a couple of countries per continent and post help for that.

The illustrations are gorgeously done and I loved seeing them. Again, I love the diversity and how the illustrator captured all the girls in their fierceness and uniqueness.

All in all, this was a great book full of positivity. Again the only minus point is the fact the helplines don't extend to more countries over the world. I would have loved to see that for once.

This is such a lovely book and will be perfect for small group work or just to have in the classroom. The illustrations are beautiful and depict women and girls of all shapes, sizes, colours and abilities. There are practical, easy suggestions for how to care for yourself physically, socially, emotionally and mentally. There are also websites at the back, which are great too.

5 out of 5 stars

This book is so important to girls and even women can take something from this.

The explanation of the difference in women’s bodies is beautiful. Giving this book to girls who don’t understand why they don’t look like other ‘pretty girls’.

I would of loved something like this. This also is not only for girls I believe that any child will see that there’s hairy women, there’s ‘manly’ women and women who’s body aren’t like the ones in the movies.

This was beautiful.

I appreciate the message of Love Your Body: you are unique! This inclusive and diverse "girl power" picture book gives examples for offering yourself loving kindness as you mature into a teen. It has such a positive message and also includes resources listed at the back for the reader to seek out help with a reminder that "you are not alone". It would be an excellent resource for health classes in upper elementary school or in a counselor's office.

I rate this book 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4. Even though I love the theme and message of this picture book, the reason I didn't rate this as 5-stars is two-fold. While it is inclusive of all shapes, ethnicities, and sexual identities of girls, it is not inclusive of trans youth who identify as female. Also, the book is written like one meant for younger readers (grades 2-3), but the subject matter is more relatable to those in grades 4 and up, so I wasn't completely sure who the target audience is. I think a graphic novel format would have had a bigger impact and would draw in more independent and older readers.

I was gifted this book courtesty of NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review.

I saw the cover of this book and I knew I needed to have it for my two daughters. Honestly, I needed to be reminded of the author’s message in this book too.

Jessica Sanders does a beautiful job writing the importance of self-love and acceptance. I appreciated the author’s note in the beginning; and my favorite quote was:

“There is no size, ability, or color that is perfect. What makes you different makes you, you-and you are amazing!”

Jessica explains to her readers that a body is more than just it’s appearance and gives excellent practices to incorporate in your daily routine that will help you grow towards self-love and acceptance.

My daughters and I loved the message, as well as the illustrations. Carol Rossatti’s illustrations portray various skin tones and body types that went so well with the author’s words and overall message.

A lovely little picture-book about self-love, acceptance and self-care! This book has an important message, and I love the diversity of the characters drawn in it! Fantastic to show bodyhair too, since it is not done nearly enough! I was also glad this included some disabilities, although I wish maybe it had included even more pictures./examples of them, especially the group drawings before the page about disability. The thing I appreciated the most in this is the good advice about self-care and self-love, as well as explaining that if it does not work, you should talk to someone!

I thought that this was a great book

The images are lovely and I loved the message that was told throughout the book – you are unique and to accept and love yourself exactly as you are – it was a very positive book

It is 5 stars from me – very highly recommended and a great message to drive home