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Big was one of my top favorite reads in June. It speaks so deeply to the way girls are spoken to & spoken about. It also really hits home on how things others think are innocent can plant seeds for decreased confidence, body image struggles, and long-term trauma. I like the way this book approaches the topic & how it tackles all of that. June was a great (and insightful!) reading month for me

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Where was this book when I was a child. As a 46-year-old woman I am all in my feels about a book that makes me 11 again. I am lucky that I did not have Ellie‘s mother, but my aunt and my grandmother were just like her. Ellie is a girl who is not small. She‘s been big all her life. She‘s been picked on by people at school, people in neighborhood, and even her mother. This constant referring of “you could be pretty if you lost weight”.

A good message both literally (body) and metaphorically (other ways of being “too big“). The illustration effects are creative- the character grows trapped by the size of the page but breaks free of those boundaries.

A book about respecting/loving yourself how you are and standing up for yourself, even when other people don't understand and reject you. The book describes itself as an “emotional exploration of being big in a world that prizes small“ and “a tender portrayal of how you can stand out and feel invisible at the same time“.

“She decided to make more space for herself... and was able to see a way out.“

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Soft pick - thoughts about American beauty standards through the eyes of a Korean-American teenager who must decide how far she‘s willing to go to be perceived by her peers as beautiful.

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