Children's Books on Belonging: I Like Myself and Unlovable

By Brian Smith

Here are two more books recommended by The Supportive Classroom:

"I Like Myself" by Karen Beaumont and "Unlovable" by Dan Yaccarino. They are both short books for younger children with very cool pictures and a simple message about belonging. I would use them both together. The message in "I Like Myself" is that being you is OK! It doesn't matter what you look like, "No matter if they stop and stare, no person ever anywhere can make me feel that what they see is all there really is to me."

The second book, "Unlovable" is about a small dog that is told over and over again by the cat and parrot, "You've got the ugliest mug I have ever seen. No one could love you!" He listens to what they and the other dogs say and believes them until he finds a friend.