Published: 19 April 2021
Publisher: Penguin Australia
Illustrator: Sinead Hanley
Pages: 32
Format: Picture Book
★ ★ – 2 Stars
Based on the #1 hit children’s song, this picture book encourages everyone to love who they are, inside and out. Taryn Brumfitt is the fiercely passionate thought leader behind the Body Image Movement and director of Embrace the documentary. She is determined to inspire everyBODY to celebrate their body, regardless of size, color, ethnicity, gender, or ability.
According to the blurb it’s based on a song called Embrace but I don’t know it. Unfortunately there isn’t any narrative attached to the pictures. The basic affirmations on each page are nice, but they don’t connect or flow as you turn the page.
It started off well by talking about how everyone is different and all bodies can do a range of activities, but from then on the illustrations do a lot of heavy lifting.
Overall it seems like something that might have been better off staying as a song.
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