Love Your Amazing Self: Joyful Verses for Young Voices

In a volume that’s part pep talk, part workbook, and part consideration of life’s seasons, Jones-Quartey delivers many tentpoles of self-esteem and self-care via rhyming affirmations designed to be read aloud or sung. Awash in Okoye’s bold, psychedelic swirls and clouds of color and pattern, 15 verses with titles such as “Gratitude’s the Attitude” and “Find Your Magic” address themes of resilience, kindness, and mindfulness in a quippy, tip-filled style (“Here’s a simple way/ to bring some sunshine in your life,/ just think of what you’re thankful for/ and you’ll be feeling nice”). Four “Amazing Actions” sections provide activities readers can do to reinforce the book’s messaging, namely heeding the advice in an introductory author’s note: “I should love, accept, and be kind to myself, too. No matter what!” Human figures are portrayed with varied skin tones. Ages 7–up. (Nov.)