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Mohrbooks Literary Agency
Sebastian Ritscher
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EVERY BODY

Megan Madison Anne/Andy Passchier Jessica Ralli Tequitia Andrews

A First Conversation About Body Positivity

Based on the research that race, gender, consent, and body positivity should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud board book series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.
This book serves to celebrate the uniqueness of your body and all bodies, and address the unfair rules and ideas that currently exist about bodies. It ends with motivational action points for making the world more fair for all!


Megan Pamela Ruth Madison is a lifelong student of radical Black feminism and an early childhood educator. She holds an MS in early childhood education from Dominican University and a BA in studies in religion from the University of Michigan. She is currently pursuing her PhD at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy. When she's not working on finishing up her dissertation, she works as a trainer for the Center for Racial Justice in Education, the Human Root, and the New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute, facilitating workshops for teachers on race, gender, and sexuality.

Jessica Ralli is the Coordinator of Early Literacy Programs at Brooklyn Public Library, where she develops and manages programming for BPL's award-winning First Five Years initiative. She received her MA in Early Childhood Special Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and previously taught in schools, childcare centers, and museums. She has written about early literacy and library services for young children in School Library Journal (where she co-authors the "First Steps" column with Rachel G. Payne) and has presented on play-based learning at the American Library Association Conference, Young Child Expo, and the Bank Street Center for Children's Literature.

Tequitia Andrews is an artist and illustrator living just outside of Richmond, Virginia. She likes to create illustrations inspired by fashion, music, pop culture, and social issues. She provides illustrations for advertising, publishing, and licensing clients. EVERY BODY is her first children's book.
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Published 2023-05-01 by Rise x Penguin Workshop

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Dutch: Rose ; Korean: Totobook

[This book] reassures kids that all kinds of bodies can be healthy, and that bodies should be celebrated and taken care of.

ALL bodies are awesome! Fostering acceptance and self-love, this book encourages children to consider their own bodies "with curiosity, and without shame." It tackles big issues with a straightforward frankness that makes the themes digestible to its young audience... So important - "every body" should read this!