The Belly Song

by Mother Moon, Leah Giles (Illustrator)

Sing along in this joyful celebration of your baby's perfect belly inspired by the song from TikTok trailblazer, Mother Moon!

Big belly, little belly, round belly, flat!
I like whatever kind of belly that you've got!

With millions of listens around the world, Mother Moon's uplifting song about body positivity and neutrality is a perfect introduction for babies and toddlers. With a QR code link to the song, irresistible illustrations, and a powerful message of love, acceptance, and kindness to our bodies, this board book is a great gift for any growing library.

Genres: Picture Books, Bodies, Music, Childrens, Juvenile, Storytime

20 pages, Board Book

Published July 2, 2024

Reviews

[Morton Public Library]

Singable | Body parts | Diverse bodies - Emma

[Emily]

Love Mother Moon! Very cute with collage-y illustrations showing diverse babies and adults.

[Nicole Miller]

I received an ARC of this book for my honest opinion.

        I loved this book. The illustrations are adorable and wonderfully diverse in bellies and people. Its great to see a book for kids embracing all different kids of bodies, especially bellies when they are so scrutinized in American culture. I also love how much fun all the kids are having throughout the book making it feel more like a celebration of all bodies.

[Miss Emma]

Perfect little board book with very little text, celebrating all the bellies! It's so important to start building these beliefs in the early years, when kids are building their understanding of the world. Let them build a love of ALL bellies into that understanding! Let them never experience the body- and fat-shaming that us adults have (perhaps unintentionally) solidified into our understanding of beauty disguised as "health."

[Jared White]

A beautiful celebration of lots of types of bellies! Big, small, flat, and round. "...Some have a lot of muscle. Some have a lot of fat. Some wiggle and they jiggle, and some do not. And I like whatever kind of belly that you've got!" There's great racial and body-type diversity.

I actually plan to check this out to share with some friends whose daughter loves her belly button right now. :)

[Molly]

Just a cute little song about bellies with diverse bodies and people throughout. It's neutral- no belly is good or bad, they're just what we have. There's a QR code on the back if you need some ideas for music to sing it to.

[Bruce]

This wonderful little board book is a delightful lyric that can be recited or sung to a baby with a positive body image message. The back cover has a QR code that links to the composer singing the song.

[Katherine Jones]

Fun book, with a SONG! My family has new babies, so I'm exploring new books for them. This is a keeper.

[SamSamSam]

Yes!! We love those bellies.

SING, phonological awareness

[Emily Haage]

Adorable board book to share with the littlest readers!

[Caroline]

Body positivity for young children! I didn't really know the TikTok song, but it's cute too.

[Kim]

A few words per page, a song about bellies and the different shapes they take! Diverse rep, nicely colored images. Full song is put together on the last page.

[Gabrielle Stoller]

While I know this is supposed to celebrate the human body, I really did not like it. I felt it did the opposite of its intent

[Liz]

A celebration of all bodies. Good for kids and grown-ups to hear this message. Definitely led me to blow a raspberry on Elsie.

[Leo]

9 month old Leo loves it. Mom thinks it's sweet.

[Emma]

Perfect little board book with very little text, celebrating all the bellies! It's so important to start building these beliefs in the early years, when kids are building their understanding of the world. Let them build a love of ALL bellies into that understanding! Let them never experience the body- and fat-shaming that us adults have (perhaps unintentionally) solidified into our understanding.

One line of text per page, and the whole thing together on the last page. Paired with excellent, colourful, simple illustrations - I LOVE this one.

"Big belly, little belly,
round belly, flat!
Some have a lot of muscle.
Some have a lot of fat.
Some wiggle and they jiggle,
and some do not.
And I like whatever kind
of belly that you've got!"

[Leah]

A colourful celebration of bodies and all different kinds of wonderful bellies!