Books to Share

Here are the titles of some books that promote self-expression and support well-being that you might want to explore with your children at home. All the titles can be found as read-aloud books on YouTube.

• All the ways to be Smart - Davina Bell
• Elmer – David McKee
• Remarkably You - Pat Zietow
• Super Duper You - Sophie Henn
• Layla’s Happiness – Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie (asks the question, What happiness is for you?)
• Bunnybear – Andrea J Loney
• Exclamation Mark – Amy Krouse Rosenthal (fitting in, standing out and finding your place)
• Perfectly Norman – Tom Percival
• Hands Up – Breanna J McDaniel
• Petra – Marianne Coppo (You can decide who you want to be. Don’t let other people’s opinions define you)

If you want to explore a particular way in which you can encourage your child to express themselves, or to show them that other children express themselves in a certain way too, have a look at these...

Art

• Beautiful Oops! - Barney Saltzberg
• The Dot - Peter Reynolds
• The Art Garden - Penny Harrison.
• Bob The Artist – Marion Deuchars
• I Don't Draw, I Color - Adam Lehrhaupt
• I Ain't Gonna Paint No More - Karen Beaumon

Dance

• I will Dance - Nancy Blo Flood
• Giraffes Can’t Dance

Building/Modelling

• The Most Magnificent Thing - Ashley Spires

Music

• Music is for Everyone. - Jill Barber
• Mr Big – Ed Vere

Through Words

The Word Collector - Peter Reynolds

Through the Way We Dress – Gender Non-Conforming

• Sparkle Boy - Leslea Newman
• Julian is a mermaid - Jessica Love
• The boy and the bindi – Vivek Shreya
• Morris Mickelwhite and the Tangerine Dress – Christine Baldacchino
• Mary Wears What She Wants – Keith Negley
• Beautiful – Stacy McAnulty (the text says one thing, the illustrations tell a different story)
• The Boy In the Dress – David Walliams