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On two readings, I don’t think I saw a single person with albinism. Again, given how thorough the book usually seemed, this was a surprise. I really wish it weren’t the case. The last bit of the author bio: “Tyler has a round tummy, fuzzy eyebrows, and a mole on her left arm with a little hair growing out of it. Her body is cool, and so is yours!” A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds . . . Feder chooses clear and unapologetic language to describe body characteristics, challenging the negative connotations that are often attached to those bodies . . . Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool. Kirkus, starred review
Families can talk about how bodies are portrayed in Bodies Are Cool. Which bodies look like your body or the bodies of people you know? Which bodies look different? Why do you think the author wanted to show so many different bodies in the book? There’s a story Tyler Feder says she’s told in countless interviews, but she’s going to tell it again anyway. It’s a good thing, too, because it captures something essential about why she does what she does — and why so many friends and strangers respond to her work. A bustling celebration of body positivity that lovingly features bodies, skin, and hair of all kinds . . .Feder chooses clear and unapologetic language to describe body characteristics, challenging the negative connotations that are often attached to those bodies . . .Depicting societally marginalized human bodies in all their joyful, normal glory, this book is cool.”— Kirkus, starred review A few years ago, when Feder was preparing to write and illustrate her picture book, Bodies Are Cool , aimed at preschoolers, she put out a call on social media: What’s a body part or physical feature people wished they’d learned to love as kids? That bodies are cool is not questioned, and I can imagine myself as a kid saying, “But WHY are bodies cool? Who SAYS?” As an adult, I can imagine that opening up a worthwhile discussion.There are no central characters in this book, but the illustrations are full of people joyously participating in diverse community settings. The book models accepting and appreciating yourown body and the bodies of others. Growing bodies, aging bodies, features-rearranging bodies, magic ever-changing bodies. Bodies are cool!” We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs. Equal parts celebration, reflection, and mourning, this graphic memoir touches on the unpredictable path of grief . . . Grieving teens will find incredible solace in Feder’s story; all readers will be stirred by this wrenching yet uplifting musing." — School Library Journal, starred review
Grief can be crushing, but this heartfelt memoir will comfort those who have known it and gently show those who haven’t how to help and what to expect.” — Booklist, starred review Common Sense is the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of all kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in the 21st century. This book presents a fuller, more colorful view of humanity to children, humanity that is all all around us, humanity that is too often cropped out, left out, never shown, rarely included. If people are created in God's image, that image is colorful and full of shapes and sizes and decorations and swirls and dots and hard parts and soft parts and jiggly parts and hairy parts. Bodies are cool shows how cool that image really might begin to be if more bodies are included in the picture.
Gritty, wildly informative, and informed: a must-have feminist survival guide for the Trump era." - Kirkus, starred review If you scroll through Feder’s alphabet, one other thing that stands out right away is the sense of joy. The drawings are bright and cheerful. The characters wear serene expressions and little smiles as they leap, stretch, or pose. Authored by podcasters Cristen Conger and Caroline Ervin, this field guide is part intersectional feminist history and part practical how-to for modern feminists. From two Nobel Peace Prize winners, an invitation to look past sadness and loneliness to the joy that surrounds us. Everyone needs this book on their shelf immediately.” — Jessamyn Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga
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