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This Is My Wonderful Face is a joyful celebration of the unique features that make each face special. Through playful and vibrant illustrations, the book introduces children to the diversity of facial features and expressions, encouraging them to appreciate their own faces and those of others. It’s a perfect way to promote self-esteem and empathy in young readers.

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This Is My Wonderful Face by Miriam Moore-Keish is an exciting story for kids of all ages. The story shares about how everyone is the same but different at the same time. Everyone is unique, but at the end of the day, we all have the same parts of our faces. Moore-Keish teaches about the parts of your face, such as the chin, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, cheeks, and more throughout this book. Not only does the author label the parts of the face, but they also talk about the things that your face does and what it can do.

My favorite thing about This Is My Wonderful Face is the diversity that can be seen throughout the book's illustrations. The cover and story both contain illustrations of children from all different backgrounds. Some of the faces have assistive devices, such as hearing aids, and others have different colors of skin and hair. Showing these diverse illustrations helps to highlight the importance of how we all may look different and come from different backgrounds, but we all have the same parts of our faces. I can't wait to add this story to my future classroom library!

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This is a cute book to read to toddlers to learn the parts of the face and some things we use each part for. It also touched on the differences in each of our faces and how we’re all unique. Very nice illustrations.

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This is my wonderful face does a great job pairing the words with the fun buy close to life illustrations of how people all have the same features but they can look different and how these beautiful features all express human emotion. This is a great story to share with young people in how they can use their five senses to experience and interpret the world around them.

Thank you to #NetGalley and #Capstone for the chance to get an ARC of #ThisIsMyWonderfulFace.

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This is a great book on different parts of face and how they are used in different and sometimes silly ways. The author really puts the reader to the perspective of a kid. Well written and enjoyable. The artwork is superbly complimenting the story.

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This was a sweetly written and lively illustrated childrens book about the many faces children have. Touches on how we all have similarities and differences and taking note to appreciate them all. I can see any teacher,- art, classroom, and/or librarian use this title as a beginning of the year read aloud with a focus on helping young students to look closely at the differences we have in a classroom. I see lots of self reflection, creating beautiful art to display year round in a school to display all the "Wonderful Faces". Well done Miriam & Bece!!

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I'm a teacher and this book is wonderful! I really enjoyed how it is so relatable for children and how it highlights how each individual has wonderful features. Children will be able to appreciate their uniqueness. Love the illustrations and story flow was perfect. It is a very much needed, updated version for children of this generation. Thank you for creating such a wonderful book. We'll be sure to purchase for my classroom when it is released!

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This was a pretty cute book that would be great for reading to infants/toddlers just learning their body parts. It would be a great lap-sit story rather than a classroom/library Storytime book. I personally don't go for this style of illustration, but I really did enjoy the diverse representation in the children and families. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read

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Enjoy the similarities and differences in hair and faces. Then there are the things we do with the different parts of faces. This is truly a fun book.
The illustrations by artist Bece Luna are imaginative and FUN.
Well suited for reading alone or WITH someone of any age, including ESL, and great for gifting to everyone, but especially to a school, waiting room, or your local public library!
I requested and received a temporary uncorrected digital Galley on Thorium PDF from Capstone | Capstone Editions via NetGalley. Pub Date Aug 01, 2025
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I received an ARC through NetGalley for an honest review.

This is a wonderful children's book that explores the different parts of the face through a gloriously diverse cast of children doing all manner of and in the process teaches the the variety of shapes, colours, and sizes of each part come in.

Wonderful art, wonderful message told so naturally, truly wonderful!

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The illustrations were so cute and funny. Just looking at them made my son laugh happily. But then he asked a very important question, "Why is the picture of a woman with hijab like you so small, Ibu?" Because yes, even though there was a representative of woman in hijab, but it was only one and so small, in the corner of video call screen.
It's actually fine, but for me, it would be better if there was bigger and clearer illustration of woman in hijab because hijab is one of things that makes its wearer face wonderful.
Overall, this book is good to introduce little ones about face and its beauty no matter how different it's from one and another.

Thank you to Miriam Moore-Keish, Capstone Publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC.

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This book is going to be a great addition to my "All About Me" unit in the fall. My preschoolers are going to be able to relate to every page. We will be able to discuss emotions and our 5 senses which is a bonus. The illustrations are amazing.

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A really lovely book teaching about body parts and celebrating diversity. It had gorgeous illustrations and was a lovely and lighthearted book for children. I really enjoyed reading it to my son.

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This book is such a wonderful look at everything that makes us different while still showing that we are also the same. I loved the illustrations and the prose about using your nose/eyes/chin to experience the world. I can just picture my kids giggling and enjoying this book! I loved how the pictures depicted the child with the hearing aid and the various shapes that noses come in. This would be a great addition to any children's library

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This is cute! The illustrations highlight a variety of facial features, but the text mostly focuses on what those things do. In other words, rather than going straight for "some noses are small while others are..." kind of language, the text will describe what a child smells with their nose, and the illustrations include a variety of different types of facial features. The images were charming (and there's hearing aid rep!). I have a bit of trouble seeing this as a book that would have a lot of reread value with a single kid, but might be a good fit for a classroom or library readaloud to spark conversations.

I read this book as an eARC through NetGalley.

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A cute book about all the different parts of our face and what they are used for. Features a diverse blend of kids.

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This story is wonderful. It’s about all different faces and the things someone does with them. It points out differences, and how they’re the same. Uniqueness between people. It’s just well done and thoughtful. This should be one I could see being in classrooms and libraries for years to come.

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I wanted to read this book to my 7 yr old in particular. Or rather, she read it to me and to her 4 yr old sister. 2nd graders can be mean, my daughter mentioned that some kids were saying mean things to others and to her about how they look. So this book was a great conversation starter about how different everyone’s faces are. The book shows a variety of faces, cultures and facial features. I could see my daughter becoming more self aware and appreciative of the many different faces she saw in the book. By the end, she was more confident in the way she looked and proud to be diverse (she is mixed race). Thank you to NetGalley and the author for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review.

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I really like that this book includes a page for students to think about what they notice is similar and what is different. Engaging kids to think about what they noticed is a great conversation starter as well as to help them with comprehension skills.
Overall this was a cute book but not sure how much students would like it from the library. Inside a classroom I think this would be perfect!

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Recommended for ages 3 to 6

I’m always on board for books that celebrate the beauty and diversity of faces, and this one does exactly that. This Is My Wonderful Face walks little readers through all the things faces can do—smile, scrunch, smell, see—and highlights each part along the way.

It’s simple, sweet, and a great conversation starter for talking about how every face is different and special in its own way.

And of course, as any picture book should, it comes with lovely illustrations—playful, warm, and expressive. A great pick for preschoolers and early elementary kiddos!

This Is My Wonderful Face will be published August 1, 2025.

Thank you to NetGalley, Capstone | Capstone Editions, Miriam Moore-Keish, and Beca Luna (illustrator) for this free, advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

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