self-acceptance

After years of being shuffled from town to town and back and forth between her divorced parents, twelve-year-old Leah, now living permanently with her father and stepmother, finds it difficult to adjust to her new situation and the circumstances that made it possible.

Presents a twenty-four step plan designed to help teens learn to accept and appreciate themselves and their bodies in spite of the pressures of society, peers, and family, and includes anecdotes and poems written by teenagers that illustrate each point.

Young Emily Blair is unhappy with her straight hair, until she finds just the right style for it.

Wishing to be a bird, a little boy learns that there are benefits and drawbacks to every condition and that being a little boy may be the best of all.

Leon, a chameleon, is upset because he does not turn the same colors as the other chameleons.

Teaches young readers to accept themselves the way they are, lead a healthy lifestyle, and treat one another with tolerance and kindness.

Joe Lion, desperate to get bigger, acquires a pair of boots that make him taller, but he soon finds that they bring certain disadvantages and that he prefers being himself.

Not satisfied being a frog, Pondlarker seeks a princess' kiss to fulfill his princely ambitions.

A collection of letters from sixty-four gay authors and illustrators writing to their younger selves.

At a Minneapolis high school, a cross-country runner tries to deny his sexual feelings for a male teammate.