Jess Sanders (text) and Christine Cuddihy (illustrator), Your Body is Amazing, Affirm Kids, February 2025, 24 pp., RP $19.99 (hbk) ISBN 978 1923022690
Diversity is highlighted and celebrated in Your Body is Amazing. Children and adults from a range of ethnicities as well as disabilities from autism to hearing aids to body replacement and tattoos are all seen and uplifted.
Jess Sanders is a social worker and experienced negative body image and bullying at school. As a result, she writes books for young people to help them celebrate their bodies. Christine Cuddihy is an illustrator who always makes sure that every child can see themselves and families in this work. Most children and families are represented in Your Body is Amazing.
Your Body is Amazing is a useful tool that opens discussion by parents and educators with children. Topics include identifying changes in their bodies, concerns, explanations of challenges, good food habits, a child’s senses, socialisation and the many aspects of growing up.
Suitable 4-8.
Reviewed by Susanne Gervay
