Here are some kids books about families and self acceptance. Such great reads!
by Dev Petty with pictures by Mike Boldt
This is a really fun read about self-acceptance and love.
A little frog who DOES NOT WANT TO BE A FROG and his dad who explains to him that he can’t be anything else but a frog. It takes a hungry wolf for little frog to see that it’s best just to be who you are.
What did we learn?
To love who you are.
Why I love it?
It’s funny, the illustrations are sharp and simple, and the text is all in bubble captions – we have lots of fun reading all the voices and being silly. And when I say ‘we’ I mean, ‘me’. Although George does love to yell “I DON’T WANT TO BE A FROG!”
by Suzanne Lang & Max Lang
The title really says it all. This is a great kids books about families. From traditional to multi-generational to blended.
This book covers it all. George really loves it – I think because the pictures are bright and so many animals. It has great text and an even better lesson . . . .
What did we learn?
That if you love each other, you are a family – no matter what it looks like. It also simply teaches George what a family is – I get him to list all the members of his family.
Why I love it:
The lessons of acceptance this book teaches is fantastic not to mention showing how the word ‘family’ means so many different things. I like to point out family traits that we share: the panda who is the only child (like me), or the hippos who have pets (who are our pets), or the parents who are married and, of course, the family that loves each other. “Do we love each other George?” “YEAH!” “Then we are a family”
by Mary Murphy
I love Murphy’s other book, I Kissed the Baby, and this is as much fun to read. Each page offers a different animal from a dog to a chicken to a beetle to a donkey and how they say hello. It’s a nice interactive read as you have to flip a page to reveal how the animal says hello as well as at the end it calls on the readers to say hello themselves.
What did we learn?
Animal sounds.
Why I love it:
Bright, glittery illustrations with lots of room to have fun making animal noises. I always love an interactive read where George can lift flaps and call out the answer himself.
Fun factoid: It’s important to read/use animal noises to babies and toddlers as the sounds will help them develop their speech. So keep on ‘baaaaing’. You can read more about that here.
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