Thao Lam is the best-selling, critically acclaimed author/illustrator of Happy Birthday to Me, THAO, My Cat Looks Like My Dad, and The Paper Boat, named a best book of 2020 by Kirkus, Booklist, School Library Journal, the Globe and Mail, CBC and others. She studied illustration at Sheridan College and has an insatiable love of colored and textured papers, which she uses to create her exuberant collages. She lives in Toronto, Ontario
“A unique, joyful celebration of bellies, bodies, and beauty.” — Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW “An exuberant love letter to all sorts of bellies and the people they belong to.” — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW “Everybelly's joyful celebration of all bellies and bodies makes it a must-have for all picture book collections.” — Booklist, STARRED REVIEW “[A] loving, wide-ranging tribute to the beauty, variety, and power of individual bodies — and bellies.” — Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW “An amusing, original look at bodies.” — Shelf Awareness, STARRED REVIEW “The delightful Everybelly will elicit warm hugs and belly laughs alike as it celebrates bodily diversity.” — BookPage, STARRED REVIEW “Lam's use of cut paper to create each of the pages gives the story a tactile feeling ... to a visually pleasing effect.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books “Children will be checking everyone's bellies after reading this [book], but be proud — every belly is okay.” — Winnipeg Free Press