How To Be Me
- Format: Paperback / softback
- Authors: Amy Dodero
- Book Publisher: Ink and Pencil Publishing
Mimi loathes being the only mimic octopus in town and just wants to be normal so she spends her days in disguise, trying and failing to be someone she is not. Join Mimi and her weird and wonderful undersea neighbours as she learns that what makes her different is exactly what makes her special. A book about body positivity and being proud to be you
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Product code:
9781739418106
Shortlisted for the 2024 Selfies Award: 'BEST ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOK' and the 2023 Searchlight Awards: 'BEST ILLUSTRATED PICTURE BOOK'
"With 8 gangly arms, 3 hearts and blue blood, there's no one like Mimi in this neighbourhood."
Mimi loathes being the only mimic octopus in town and just wants to be 'normal'. She spends her days in disguise but soon discovers it's hard to make friends when you're always pretending to be someone you're not. Can Mimi dare to be different? Will she learn to love herself, tentacles and all? Or will she live her whole life in the undersea shadows, destined to hide forever? Join Mimi and her diverse community of weird and wonderful sea creature neighbours as she learns that what makes her 'different' is exactly what makes her special.
With 32 beautifully-detailed full-colour pages, 'National Geographic-style' sea creature fact files and space to draw your own unique 'proud to be me' profile, 'How To Be Me' offers an immersive and interactive reading experience for kids from age 4 - 7.
'How To Be Me' was written to help encourage young children to talk about themselves and each other positively, to embrace their own unique qualities and celebrate difference in those around them. Share at home as an opening to discuss self-esteem, body image and body positivity or in the classroom as the perfect companion book to EYFS PSED lessons, with its focus on 'We are all different: we are all special'.
Perfect for fans of 'Octopants', 'Shocktopus Octopus' or 'Perfectly Norman'.
"With 8 gangly arms, 3 hearts and blue blood, there's no one like Mimi in this neighbourhood."
Mimi loathes being the only mimic octopus in town and just wants to be 'normal'. She spends her days in disguise but soon discovers it's hard to make friends when you're always pretending to be someone you're not. Can Mimi dare to be different? Will she learn to love herself, tentacles and all? Or will she live her whole life in the undersea shadows, destined to hide forever? Join Mimi and her diverse community of weird and wonderful sea creature neighbours as she learns that what makes her 'different' is exactly what makes her special.
With 32 beautifully-detailed full-colour pages, 'National Geographic-style' sea creature fact files and space to draw your own unique 'proud to be me' profile, 'How To Be Me' offers an immersive and interactive reading experience for kids from age 4 - 7.
'How To Be Me' was written to help encourage young children to talk about themselves and each other positively, to embrace their own unique qualities and celebrate difference in those around them. Share at home as an opening to discuss self-esteem, body image and body positivity or in the classroom as the perfect companion book to EYFS PSED lessons, with its focus on 'We are all different: we are all special'.
Perfect for fans of 'Octopants', 'Shocktopus Octopus' or 'Perfectly Norman'.
