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The Best Part of Me: Children Talk About their Bodies in Pictures and Words [Hardcover]

Wendy Ewald (Author, Illustrator)
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Publication Date: Jan 1 2002
An award-winning photographer asked several children "What is the best part of you?", and presents their answers in this sometimes funny, sometimes moving, deeply personal book that includes striking black-and-white photographs taken by the author. Ideal for parents and teacher to use to discuss body image, self-esteem, and diversity with children.

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Gr 1-3-Third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade students offer personal observations about their bodies. Entries look hand lettered and face a black-and-white photo of the body part featured. Camila Villasana likes her hair-"It's wavy like the ocean." Colette Cosner likes her hands "because they turn the pages of a book slowly and magically." Andrew Legge likes his legs because they "carry me a long way." The result is insight into how the children of varied ethnicities see themselves and take pride in their heritage. The book is an outgrowth of the Literacy Through Photography program Ewald originated at Duke University. This example of a successful writing prompt might be used to encourage students to think more about their own bodies and self-images.

Mary Elam, Forman Elementary School, Plano, TX

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Gr. 1-3. Photographer Ewald worked with 15 ethnically diverse North Carolina school-children and their teachers to investigate how kids feel about their bodies. Each child selected a favorite body part and contributed a signed, handwritten paragraph or poem about it. Camila Villasana, who chose her hair, writes, "It comes from my Mexican heritage. Its [sic] wavy like the ocean." Ewald's tightly focused, tenderly realistic black-and-white photographs do the rest. The images mix the mundane and the poetic in equal parts and reflect the children's differences in self-esteem. The writing may not be great, but the book will work very well to inspire similar writing projects. Susan Dove Lempke
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5.0 out of 5 stars Grade One Project! Jan 21 2013
By Sandra
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I purchased this for a grade one project.....the kids loved the book and it fit perfectly with my assignment for them....excellent
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Oct 28 2012
By cmae
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Stunning book. Powerful writing. The perfect book for teaching self-love, celebrating differences and self confidence. Written by children for children- a heart warming addition to a classroom or home library.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Photos that touch your heart May 29 2002
By Roger M Berg
Format:Hardcover
My wife, Marilyn, did a Best Part of Me project with one of the classrooms she consults with. The children who wrote and the shildren and adults who saw the photos and the writing about them were engaged.

Wendy Ewald is an amazing person who uses a camera as a way to learn.

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