Tasha Spillett-Sumner, Salini Perera (Illustrator)
2022 32 pages(Owlkids Books Inc.)
9781771474528
1771474521
Izzy’s favorite place to be is in Mama’s arms—skin to skin, safe and warm. One night, cuddled up on Mama’s lap, Izzy notices something she’s never noticed before: her skin is the color of chocolate, but Mama’s skin is the color of sand.When Izzy realizes she’s different from Mama in other ways, too, she feels sad and confused. She wants to be beautiful like Mama! But Mama addresses Izzy’s disappointment with a gentle, loving refrain: You’re part of me, and I’m part of you. I’m beautiful like me, and you’re beautiful like you. Finding lessons from nature and repeating her affirming message, Mama encourages Izzy to see her own unique beauty.
Why I like this book: Beautiful You, Beautiful Me shows a child who doesn’t look like her mother. The reader follows along as the mother shows her child how mothers and children may not look the same, but they are beautiful in their own ways.
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