All of Me is an example of healing, calming, comforting powers of poetry.
This is a book for young readers that is equal parts lovely poetry with poems on important topics, and illustrations that accompany them.
My child and I had a great time sharing this.

All of Me is a poetry anthology aimed at younger readers. It is a collection of 50 poems that all focus in the important and universal theme of human feelings and emotions and tackles the wide variety of them that we experience on a day to day basis. I think this is a very pertinent topic when it comes to poetry for children as children often struggle with understanding and processing their emotions. Poetry is the perfect outlet to help them understand the way they feel and realise that they are not different for feeling the way they do, there is nothing wrong with being angry or sad, it is part and parcel of being a human.

There is a really sweet and consistent illustration style throughout. It brings the poems even more to life and helps the book feel friendly, open, and vibrant. Poetry should be about expression and the use of illustrations is always a bonus for me.

There is a great display of diversity throughout, regardless of your situation you will find someone on the pages that you can see and identify with. You will feel seen, heard, and validated.

All of Me is empowering, engaging, and informative. It is a fantastic vessel to introduce the discussion of feelings and emotions with children.