Be True To You! — Hayley Wells Illustration

A young black girl dressed as a butterfly is surrounded by flowers. She looks sad. On the opposite page she is changing her costume to become a bee instead.

A young black girl dressed as a bee dances her way through a field of grass and flowers. Other children surround her and they are all dressed as garden creatures.

A child wearing a red cape and gold crown rides a pink dragon across a night sky.

A diverse crowd of children, each with speech bubbles coming from their bodies.

A diverse group of children are playing together excitedly while two boys seem shy. One of them comforts the other one.

A diverse group of children are expressing themselves in various exuberant ways.

Be True To You published 2024 by Affirm Press

“A wonderfully uplifting reminder that we are all different, and that showing our true selves to the world is never wrong.”

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“The pages are filled with a range of diverse children, engaged in all kinds of play surrounded by a rush of colour, texture and patterns. ”

— Margarite Igras, Story Links