Reviews"Cerina Vincent reaches for your heart! A sweet story celebrating our diversity with incredible illustrations to match." --Molly Dresner, author of You're So Nice, Baby "A sweet reminder of the beauty in our differences and our sameness, for the readers and the little ones who are listening to and learning from our words and examples." --Aiva Romm, MD, author of Naturally Healthy Babies and Children "In a world that is far too often divided, this wonderful children's book reminds us to cherish our differences and celebrate our similarities. At the end of the day, we all have a belly button." --Dr. Joel "Gator" Warsh, pediatrician "The book that all young children need to make the world the world we want! Get it for your special one now!" --Dee Wallace, actress, and author of XXX " Everybody Has a Belly Button is a vibrant and simple celebration of what it is to be human. It's the perfect and necessary addition to books for our little ones, opening up the conversation of race and skin color in an easy and beautiful way. Every page of this book shines with the bright spirits of its author and illustrator. Bravo!" --Elisa Donovan, actress and author of Wake Me When You Leave "Cerina Vincent and illustrator Zoi Hunter do an amazing job of bridging the gap of racial differences so that children learn to look at one's heart, not complexion." --Nakia Burrise, actress and former Power Ranger "In a world that feels so divided, this is an essential book to teach children the beauty of our differences, and what unites us." --Catherina Sutherland, actress and former Power Ranger, "Cerina Vincent reaches for your heart! A sweet story celebrating our diversity with incredible illustrations to match." --Molly Dresner, author of You're So Nice, Baby
SynopsisEverybody has a bellybutton, Everybody has a nose, Everybody has a mouth, Everybody has toes. Everybody has hair . . . Some have black or brown or blonde or red, Some have gray or silver on their head. The different colors all aglow . . . Make everybody special, like a rainbow . Everybody Has a Belly Button is a timeless and delightful book for babies and toddlers that teaches our youngest readers about skin color, equality, and equity in the same way we teach our babies to find their belly button, nose, eyes, and toes. Cerina Vincent's effortless rhymes and Zoi Hunter's digital watercolor designs illustrate that "every body" is the same. And the subtle differences in our bodies' colors (eyes, hair, skin) is what makes us all beautiful and special, "like a rainbow." Babies learn through rhyme--it boosts brain activity and early literacy--and Everybody Has a Belly Button starts the conversation about racial equality immediately while also tenderly pointing out their other tiny body parts.