Spring 2025

Big Bold Beautiful Me

  • Interest Level: Kindergarten - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 2

Kids will delight in reading Big Bold Beautiful Me and find themselves marching along and standing side-by-side protagonists just like them who portray body positivity is a loud, proud, and very fun way.

Grown-ups will welcome the message of healthy attitudes when facing negative or derogatory comments of others. Together it is a valuable resource for young readers to confidently embrace who they are with big, bold, beautiful appeal to teachers, librarians, counselors, and parents, too.

I pull my shoulders back, and I walk with pride. Hiking with my Nana, going stride for stride. Then I look in the mirror—and what do I see? Big and bold and beautiful me!

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978-1-4338-3864-4
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Interest Level Kindergarten - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 2
Genre Picture Books
Category SEL: A Self-Awareness, SEL: B Self-Management, Social Emotional Learning
Copyright 2022
Publisher American Psychological Association
Imprint Magination Press — American Psychological Association
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2025-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV039140, JUV039050, JUV009120
Dimensions 9 x 9
Features Original artwork

Author: Jane Yolen

Jane Yolen lives in Massachusetts and has written more than 400 books across all genres and age ranges, including the Sydney Taylor Honor book Miriam at the River. In 2022 she was named the The Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Winner. She has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America and the Aesop of the twentieth century.

Author: Maddison Stemple-Piatt

Maddison Stemple-Piatt is Jane Yolen’s first grandchild. Following in her Nana’s footsteps, she trained in ballet from a young age. She has earned her bachelor’s in psychology with minors in Spanish and dance, her master’s in criminology and criminal justice, and is currently a Juris Doctor candidate.

Illustrator: Chloe Burgett

Chloe Burgett is a children’s book illustrator. She is the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators illustrator coordinator for Nebraska.