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24 titles for readers of Big by Vashti Harrison, selected for shared themes: Size & Shape, Prejudice & Racism, Diversity & Multicultural, and Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance.

Size & Shape Prejudice & Racism Diversity & Multicultural Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Emotions & Feelings Girls & Women Concepts Social Themes Juvenile Fiction Fiction

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

The Oak Inside the Acorn

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

Trudi & Pia

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Fresh Princess: Style Rules!

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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The Hair Book

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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So Loud!

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Ambitious Girl

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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Everywhere Babies Padded Board Book

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Emotions & Feelings

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My Shadow Is Purple

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

#19

Say Something!

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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More Than Peach (an Original Picture Book)

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Themes: Prejudice & Racism • Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

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One, Two, Follow Through! Starring Polly Pivot

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Emotions & Feelings

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Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

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Themes: Size & Shape • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Girls & Women

If Big by Vashti Harrison is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Size & Shape, Prejudice & Racism, Diversity & Multicultural and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Ashley Franklin, Amina Mucciolo, Tyler Merritt, Larry Dane Brimner, and others.