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Everybelly

Thao Lam

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English
Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
15 May 2025
From acclaimed picture-book artist Thao Lam comes a joyful celebration of an oft-maligned body part

the belly!

Maddie and her mom spend a sunny day at the local public pool where she meets and greets friends and neighbours. Maddie is waist-high on most of them, and she knows there's an interesting person behind every belly she passes

like Jackie, the artist with a splatter of ice cream across their belly. Maddie's splatter painting often leaves Mama speechless, too!

The poolside belly parade keeps Maddie musing: How bellies can make excellent tables, how hard some people work to keep their bellies flat when Maddie prefers her belly full, and how you should never, ever stick your hands in other people's bellies, no matter how soft and doughy they might look. (Maddie's cat taught her that the hard way.)

As Maddie dances, swims and makes the long climb up to the diving board, Thao Lam's celebrated cut-paper collage portrays bellies and bodies of all shapes and sizes

bellies with scars, tattooed bellies, growing bellies, growling bellies, bellies with six-packs, stretch marks, insulin monitors, freckles and more

proving that every belly deserves its place in the sun.
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Imprint:   Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Country of Publication:   Canada
Dimensions:   Height: 177mm,  Width: 279mm, 
Weight:   297g
ISBN:   9781773067643
ISBN 10:   1773067648
Pages:   40
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 3 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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

Reviews for Everybelly

“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


  • Commended for Bologna Ragazzi Awards Amazing Bookshelf 2026 (Italy)
  • Commended for Kirkus Best Picture Books of the Year 2025 (United States)
  • Commended for New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2025 (United States)
  • Commended for Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year 2025 (United States)
  • Commended for USBBY Outstanding International Books List 2026 (United States)
  • Short-listed for Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature 2025 (United States)
  • Winner of Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature 2025 (United States)

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