Beautifully Me: A Talk With Nabela Noor

Should the matter come up, 2021 has turned out to be a particularly good year for body positivity in picture books. The sheer range of titles I’m seeing hitting the market right now, from a variety of different angles, is infectious. Whether it’s done with a story, as in the family-oriented THE BIG BATH HOUSE by Kyo Maclear, or as a catalog of body parts in BODIES ARE COOL by Tyler Feder, I’ve been impressed. Now we have BEAUTIFULLY ME by Nabela Noor. Here’s a rundown on the plot:

“From desig...