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11 Body-Positive Books Every Kid Needs on Their Bookshelf

By Angela VelezMar 21, 2017
Angela Velez
Angela is an MFA Fiction candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. You can find her reading obsessively, wandering bookstores and watching melodramatic television.
Raising a body-positive kid can sometimes feel like an uphill battle, especially with so many negative messages out there about the ways boys and girls should look and act. Today, we’re sharing our fave children’s books that celebrate differences and teach kids to love themselves and others, no matter what they look like. Scroll on for new reads to add to your tiny tot’s bookshelf.
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Curlee-Girlee-Atara-Twersky/dp/0996843817?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Curlee Girlee</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Special-Lucados-Wemmicks/dp/0891079319/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">You Are Special</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Giraffes-Cant-Dance-Giles-Andreae/dp/0545392551/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Giraffes Can’t Dance</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/El-Deafo-Cece-Bell/dp/1419712179/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">El Deafo</a></em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Hair-Dont-Care-Crystal-Swain-Bates/dp/1939509106/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Big Hair, Don’t Care</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Am-Mixed-Book/dp/0578110873/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">I Am Mixed</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Were-Different-Sesame-Street-Pictureback/dp/0679832270/ref=pd_cp_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0679832270&pd_rd_r=120ND616WTNSXM7VY79S&pd_rd_w=bxnjz&pd_rd_wg=7RSfY&psc=1&refRID=120ND616WTNSXM7VY79S" rel="noskim" target="_blank">We’re Different, We’re the Same</a></em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/Fish-Tree-Lynda-Mullaly-Hunt/dp/0399162593/ref=zg_bs_3139_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=D0NAC27SBFX38QG0BAA2" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Fish in a Tree</a></em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0763653233/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Brontorina</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-Jazz-Jessica-Herthel/dp/0803741073/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">I Am Jazz</a> </em>
<em><a data-affiliate-link="" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0892392355/?tag=bm01f-20" rel="noskim" target="_blank">Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match</a> </em>
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