Self Esteem/Self Acceptance in Picture Books
*** Some overlap with Tolerance/Acceptance list, but this list focuses on self-acceptance of differences.
Caramba by Marie-Louise Gay
- Pub Date: 2013
- Caramba can't fly, but he has another special talent.
I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
- Pub Date: 2001
- See also: Tolerance/Acceptance
- Molly Lou Melon is very different from the kids in her school, but she doesn't let it get her down.
Henny by Elizabeth Rose Stanton
I Don't Want to Be a Frog by Dev Petty
- Pub Date: 2015
- A frog wants to be any other animal, but eventually realizes that it isn't so bad being a frog.
Seamus' Short Story by Heather Hartt-Sussman
- Pub Date: 2017
- A short little boy wants to be taller, but finds that there are good things about being short and being tall.
Bob the Artist by Marion Duechars
- Pub Date: 2016
- See also: Art
- The other birds make fun of Bob's skinny legs, but once Bob discovers art, he doesn't care anymore.
Frank The Seven-Legged Spider by Michaele Razi
- Pub Date: 2017
- See also: Searching
- A spider goes in search of his lost leg, but eventually accepts that he is a seven legged spider.