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Vashti Harrison‘s self-illustrated picture book is a beautifully executed look at fat bias and its impact on young children. The text is sparse with the focus on the images of the nameless little girl as she endures the taunts and well-meaning but still hurtful comments from adults. It‘s wonderfully done and very moving such that I am still thinking about it. I‘d definitely read more of Harrison‘s work on the strength of this.

I‘m so glad this picture book won some ALA Youth Media Awards today! It‘s a fantastic and beautifully illustrated story of how words can hurt, but how we can also work to control our self-image. Many of my students picked this as the Caldecott winner! *Graphic via Little, Brown Books for Young Readers‘ instagram

I‘m doing a “Mock Caldecott” unit with my students in the library, and these are the books we are reading. They are so beautiful! We‘ll find out the real winner next week! #schoollibrarian

I love Harrison‘s other books and this did not disappoint. I adored this book‘s illustrations and message. Everyone should read it. 💕💕💕

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Day 2:Bones

I read Skeleton Crew a long time ago, and it came in handy for my photo 💀

#PictureChallenge Skeleton 💀Shark 🦈 some of my everyday decor :)

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The soul is the ultimate human mystery.

Another interesting little book. This one explores the many different beliefs about the soul. A lot of nice illustrations. Fairly quick read.

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Check out Meredith‘s Book Recommendation on Book Interrupted‘s Manuscript Monday https://www.bookinterrupted.com/post/manuscript-monday-it-s-not-the-stork

After reading this, we tried using cheap hand-held scopes. I'm sure they were disappointed, but experienced enough practice that their next opportunity will be even better. Giving them background building opportunities!