SuitabookSuper Duper You
Sophy Henn
- Reading
- Read it aloud slowly, enjoying the rhyme and illustrations. Pause when contrasting qualities appear, then invite the child to choose words, activities or imagined roles that feel like them.
- Themes
- Individuality and self-acceptance: The younger child is shown through many contrasting qualities and interests, with encouragement to value what they are rather than worry about what they are not. The book clearly celebrates individuality and presents variation as compatible with being fully oneself.
- Changing moods and behaviour: The child may be loud or quiet, bold or cuddly, confident or unsure, and may move between different activities or imagined roles. These contrasts are presented as ordinary parts of one varied person, not as a problem requiring correction.
- Worth knowing
- Pay particular attention to emotional intensity.