Jessica Sanders Jessica Sanders i(18743923 works by) (a.k.a. Jess Sanders)
Gender: Female
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1 y separately published work icon You Can Do Hard Things Jessica Sanders , Martina Stuhlberger (illustrator), Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2024 27463993 2024 single work picture book children's 'Have you ever felt like giving up because something was too hard?

Everyone feels like this sometimes, even grown-ups.

'If you have ever wanted to give up, you are not alone.

'This book is for any child who needs a reminder that hard things won't be hard forever.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon Your Softness Is Your Strength Jessica Sanders , Jorge Garcia Redondo (illustrator), Mulgrave : Affirm Press , 2023 26835933 2023 single work picture book children's

A timely book that reminds us our softness is our greatest strength from bestselling author Jess Sanders. 

'Did you know that there is a special softness that lives in your heart?

It has always been there and it's an important part of who you are.

'If you have ever felt like your softness is a weakness, you are not alone.

'This book is for any child who needs a reminder that their softness can be their greatest strength.' (Publication summary)
1 y separately published work icon You've Got This! Jessica Sanders , Irina Avgustinovich (illustrator), South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2023 25905604 2023 single work picture book children's

'Is there something that’s worrying you?
Whatever your worries might be, you are not alone in having them.

'If your worries have ever held you back from doing things, you are not alone.

'This book is for any child who needs a reminder that they can be brave, even if they feel worried sometimes.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon You Are Enough Jessica Sanders , Ocean Hughes (illustrator), South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2022 25905551 2022 single work picture book children's

'You are not too little,
and you are not too much.
You are, actually, exactly enough.

'If you have ever felt like you are not good enough, smart enough, or popular enough, you are not alone.

'This book is for any child who needs a reminder that they’re enough, just as they are.

'From the award-winning author of Love Your Body and Be Your Own Man comes Life Lessons for Little Ones: a new series that contains life’s most important lessons, such as embracing vulnerability, listening to your body and embracing your uniqueness – teachings that every child (and their grown-up!) deserves to hear.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 y separately published work icon Life Lessons for Little Ones Jessica Sanders , South Melbourne : Affirm Press , 2022- 25905492 2022 series - author picture book
1 y separately published work icon Be Your Own Man Jessica Sanders , Robbie Cathro (illustrator), Fitzroy : Five Mile Press , 2020 22531798 2020 single work picture book children's

'You can be anything. You can be everything. 

'Have you ever felt you should act a certain way or do certain things, just because you're a boy. 

'This book encourages young boys to broaden their ideas about what it means to be a boy, supporting them to feel free and proud to be who they truly are. 

'Every boy deserves to be themselves without apology, and know that being themselves now will make them the man they will become in the future.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
5 y separately published work icon Love Your Body Jessica Sanders , Carol Rossetti (illustrator), Melbourne : Bonniers , 2019 18744001 2019 single work picture book children's

'My body is strong.
My body can do amazing things.
My body is my own.

'Freedom is loving your body with all its "imperfections" and being the perfectly imperfect you! Love Your Body encourages young girls to admire and celebrate their bodies for all the amazing things they can do, and help girls see that they are so much more than their bodies.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
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