Official Review: Thank You, Me by Ellie Oop

[Annelore Trujillo]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Thank You, Me" by Ellie Oop.]

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3 out of 4 stars

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Thank You, Me by Ellie Oop is a children’s picture book about the wonders of the body. Our bodies do so much for us every single day. This book teaches kids about appreciating everything that each of our body parts does for us. Do you appreciate your body the way that you should? You will after reading this book.

I liked the tone of this book. It was all about appreciating the little things that our bodies can do for us. Being able to see and being able to hear are actions that we might take for granted. However, this book looks at these actions from a different perspective. Each page thanks the body part involved for doing its job. This is such a great message for children.

The illustrations fit well with the text of the book. Each page of text is accompanied by a picture in which the main character is showing appreciation to her body. These pictures are created in soft, pastel colors. Most children’s books have very bright and vibrant colors in the illustrations, so I enjoyed this change.

I was disappointed with the editing of this book. There is a question mark missing on every page. While this isn’t a huge deal, it’s a lot of errors in a short children’s book. Children’s books need to be professionally edited because of the impressionable audience that they are intended for.

Other than the editing, the only other issue I have with the book is the word used at the beginning of each page to introduce the body part that is being appreciated. Words such as squeezers, tootles, and stubbles are used. While some people might enjoy the unique vocabulary, I didn’t like the use of these words. I sometimes had a difficult time connecting them to the part that was talked about, and it would be hard to explain them to children.

I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. The message is amazing, and the pictures went well with the rest of the book. The only issues were the editing and the words at the beginning of each page. I only took off one star for these issues, and it was mostly due to the editing. Even with the errors, I would still recommend this book to anyone with children and anyone who works with children. I would suggest reading it out loud to them and talking about how we should appreciate our bodies. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone that would be bothered by the issues that I mentioned before.

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[Irene_A]

Love the book's message. Especially to children, learning ahead to appreciate their body parts encourages self love as they blossom into young-adults. Thanks for the review.

[adamgreenrock]

I have seen this type of message once or twice about loving your body here and there. It's all in the matter of how it's executed. I'll definitely give this book a try. Thanks for your review!

[That Reviewer]

This book is a reminder about the need to love our bodies and appreciate the role of each part to make life liveable.

[Nisha Ward]

Loving your body is a good message for a children's book, but I do agree with you about the word use. Perhaps a different choice of words might be more appropriate?

[Josephe-Anne]

Indeed, the use of pastel colors in the illustrations was a nice touch. Gratitude is an important lesson that kids (and adults) should learn.

Thanks for your review.

[Ogoskino]

I think the lessons this book seeks to teach is an important one for kids in developing them into young adults with a very good self esteem. Thanks for the review

[aaliyurr]

I think this was really good as it teaches young kids good self esteem and a sense of self love.

[Adina Lutinger]

What a fabulous book! I think it does not only teaches children to appriciate their bodies and themselves, it also reminds the adults to do the same thing! I absolutely love the idea of this book. Thanks for the great review!

[Teny]

I absolutely love the content of the book. I’m just imagining how excited a three year old would be to have it read to her. I’m a quite disappointed that the author didn’t take time to edit the book. Therefore, I wouldn’t advice school going children to read it on their own because they are still learning and are very concerned and observant with grammar and punctuation marks . Thank you for the honest review

[Faithful Oso]

I feel the major take-away from this book is teaching kids to love themselves. Everyone should develop self-love as it will go a long way into building confidence for the future. Apart from the editing issues, I thing its a good book.