"You are a new, rare kind of beauty and everybody knows."

This was TOO CUTE. A beautiful, school-age girl struggles with her aesthetic features while her mother assures her that true beauty lies within. This truly beautiful little girl learns to love herself. Written in cute poetic format without stanzas and with illlustrations that are bright and colorful. Pertinent to note that many ethnicities and nationalities are represented within the child's school.

10/10. This needs to be in every elementary school library.

An uplifting read about loving yourself. The illustrations were beautiful and I liked the rhythmic prose. Love the message that this book sends out about beauty as well.

Beautiful. It’s a must read for all girls school and maybe for all adults as well. Great message. Positive reinforcement.

A young girl feels judged, othered, and picked on because of her body type, but with the help of her loving, supportive mother she learns to accept and celebrate herself exactly as she is and rethink the meaning of beauty.

Body diversity and positivity are so rare in children's books and I'm thrilled to have another resource to introduce the topic to students. That said, I'm not entirely sure about the descriptor of "curvy" for a prepubescent girl--to me it implies a more adult figure. But, the meaning and usage of the term could definitely be in flux, especially since there isn't much precedent for discussing this topic with young people.

This would definitely make a great addition to school and classroom libraries for pre-K and elementary. Kids always benefit from seeing themselves on the page, and the positive message of this story applies to everyone.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

A beautifully presented book for a younger audience emphasising body positivity and acceptance. It’s unusual to find a body positivity book for pre-teens so I’m sure this one will be welcomed.

Simple, but pitched well for a young audience, this concerns a young girl pestered at school for being a bit on the chunky side (the visuals never show her as large, but everyone else slightly cartoonishly skinny instead, which may help the book sell its moral to those just perceiving themselves as fat in error). The affirmative message comes from the mother concerned, and the text while not set out as verse is actually in pretty decent rhymes. While the lack of strong narrative entertainment here might leave this struggling in the marketplace, it does achieve what it needs to with its positivity.

As a plus-size woman who grew up hating her body and wondering why I never looked like the other kids around me, why everyone seemed to judge me after every step I took, looking for some type of positive representation just to make me feel heard, I absolutely adore this book.

Curves Like Mine is a beautiful book on self-love for children who are a little curvier than their peers. It discusses bullying and self-doubt, then reassurance, familial love, and how that kind of support can lead to self-love. Diggs did an excellent job capturing what it feels like to be a bigger girl surrounded by thinner bodies.

The only other thing I would have liked to see in this book is the representation for the plus-sized boys as well and add a little more plus-sized students walking around the halls, smiling and happy and getting more confidence from being around the little girl. I feel that would have brought a more powerful image for kids as well. simply because there's power in numbers.

Otherwise, I think the story is great and the art is beautiful. As a preschool teacher, I can definitely see myself reading this story to my children and how I would do so. I knew they would be more supportive, and I'd even use myself as an example and I just know that the book would encourage empathy and support from the children.