Bodies Are Cool: A picture book celebration of all kinds of bodies

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The pastel-toned illustrations effectively convey Feder's youth and the intensity of her emotions while emphasizing the ultimate message of survival and resilience in the face of life-changing grief. Cathartic and uplifting." — Kirkus Families can talk about how bodies are portrayed in Bodies Are Cool. Which bodies look like your body or the bodies of people you know? Which bodies look different? Why do you think the author wanted to show so many different bodies in the book?

I adore everything about this picture book. With rhyming text and bright, playful illustrations, this book is sure to be a hit during read-alouds. What I love most though is it’s message, of course. I’ve gone through it twice and tried to analyze every single detail of this work because a book with this type of cover *has* to get it right. Tyler Feder nailed it! Representation is everything and I can’t think of a person who won’t be able to see themself in this book, which is why it should be read widely. Bonus: the obvious sense of community across generations, ethnicities, gender, and tradition. Feder takes readers along on the nightmare road trip that nobody wants to make in a frank and funny, intimate and poignant graphic novel . . . The narrative, in peppily solid panel art, is exceptionally articulate and accessible." — BCCB, starred review I'm a fan! I liked Tyler Feder's style in Dancing at the Pity Party and I like it here too. I've noticed some other books that are supposedly going for inclusivity can get all "yeah you know normal people are okay and EVEN THIS TOTAL WEIRDO PERSON is okay. EVEN THEM!!" and I did not get that vibe from Bodies Are Cool and that is cool. This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over. When you're at school, going shopping, or at a community event, have you noticed people with bodies or features that are unique or new to you? What thoughts or questions did you have? How can you learn more about bodies you aren't familiar with?Authored by celebrated disability rights advocate, speaker, and writer Emily Ladau, this practical, intersectional guide offers all readers a welcoming place to understand disability as part of the human experience. A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds . . . Feder chooses clear and unapologetic language to describe body characteristics, challenging the negative connotations that are often attached to those bodies . . . Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool. Kirkus, starred review A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds . . . Feder chooses clear and unapologetic language to describe body characteristics, challenging the negative connotations that are often attached to those bodies . . . Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool." — Kirkus, starred review This anthology, edited by Kelly Jensen,explores feminism through the voices of 44 diverse writers, poets, artists, dancers, and actors.

With such a joyfully inclusive range of humans, all taking part in community and taking pleasure in each other’s company, it’s hard to imagine a stronger statement of body affirmation and pride.”— Publishers Weekly, starred review A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds . . .Feder chooses clear and unapologetic language to describe body characteristics, challenging the negative connotations that are often attached to those bodies . . .Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool.”— Kirkus, starred review This body positive picture book is a vibrant, joyful, and judgement-free celebration of every body shape and size.From the author and illustrator of the gorgeous and solemn graphic memoir Dancing at the Pity Party comes a lively and glorious picture book that is all about body positivity, from head to toe. The story is anthemic and reads like an affirmation that highlights all the lovely types of bodies out there and how they are really cool. Feder’s book is inclusive and will instill in readers confidence and pride! A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds. Growing bodies, aging bodies, features-rearranging bodies, magic ever-changing bodies. Bodies are cool!” If you scroll through Feder’s alphabet, one other thing that stands out right away is the sense of joy. The drawings are bright and cheerful. The characters wear serene expressions and little smiles as they leap, stretch, or pose. Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool.

This book is truly special. Not only do the authors present the problems, but they also offer potential solutions and inspirational tools that are so crucial in driving the conversation forward. Their charming tone combined with the incisively detailed breakdown of all the ways in which the patriarchy affects women make Unladylike a must-read.” — Morgan Jerkins, author of This Will Be My Undoing Author Leah Henderson invites you to march through history and discover twenty-five groundbreaking protest movements that have shaped the way we fight for equality and justice today! In Carrie Firestone’s debut middle-grade girl-power friendship story, an eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion. By the time we met on Zoom in March, she couldn’t remember precisely what it was she’d been reacting to that day in late October. “I think that was when one of the Kanye West antisemitism things was happening,” she said. Perhaps it was the demonstrators who stood behind banners that read, “Kanye is right about the Jews,” and, “Honk if you know,” on a Los Angeles freeway overpass that weekend, extending their arms forward in Nazi salutes. Everyone needs this book on their shelf immediately.” — Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga

This heart-warming, inclusive book, filled with detailed and friendly illustration is a celebration of every kind of body that exists in the world. Through an empowering, rhythmic text that is perfect for reading aloud, little ones can explore various skin tones, body shapes, hair types, and more, in an accessible way that instils body positivity and confidence. My first solo work is a fully-illustrated graphic memoir about my mom’s death during spring break of my sophomore year of college. It’s sad but also silly and weird, just like loss. There’s a story Tyler Feder says she’s told in countless interviews, but she’s going to tell it again anyway. It’s a good thing, too, because it captures something essential about why she does what she does — and why so many friends and strangers respond to her work.