Lovable: A Children's Book For Women & Girls
Loveable reminds us that no matter where we find ourselves or what we find ourselves doing...we are loveable.
About Loveable
Lovable is a heartwarming children's book for women and girls that nurtures your inner child with the spirit of self-love and encourages readers to embrace their emotions without diminishing their self-worth. With beautiful illustrations, Lovable delivers a powerful message that reminds us of our innate worth, reassuring us that we are truly loveable just as we are, no matter the challenges we may encounter.
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So many barriers to realizing self-love are delivered knowingly or unknowingly through expectations about what girls (and women) should and shouldn't do, how they should or shouldn't feel, or be. But we know that self-love and loveability are about accepting yourself, showing kindness to the good and murky parts, and practicing the courage & vulnerability it takes to be different—unique, yourself. Realizing loveability means navigating false messaging without internalizing it and finding your way through difficult emotions that feed negative internal judgments. That’s a tall order, especially for a growing girl!So, we’ve created age-appropriate resources for the littles and the bigs in the hope that it will help you spark conversations with your daughters, nieces, and friends (and even sons) to plant the seed of encouragement that they embrace all of themselves and know that no matter what, they are loveable.
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We're excited to connect with you in person! You can book us for special author events, including book readings, Q&A sessions, or speaking engagements (for adults). Whether it's a book fair, career day, or any other special event, we're here to bring the message of Loveable to life through interactive and engaging experiences.
What Our Readers are Saying...
“This is such a beautiful and reaffirming book that is so needed for the child in all of us. The book can be read forward, backward, or turned to any page. No matter how you approach "Lovable," every moment spent in the company of this book is a rich and enriching one for children, parents, and readers of all ages...” ~ J. Freedman
“I was just reading Lovable, and my 13-year-old daughter stopped and asked me what I was reading. Then she stayed around to listen to me. Read the entire book and LOVED IT! She said she wished she had a book like that when she was smaller, and she still feels a lot of what these pages say!!! Love this book!!!” ~ A. Brodie
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Lovable Curriculum for Girls
Self-Acceptance is the Gateway to Self-Love
The Lovable curriculum is designed to help girls recognize their inherent loveability and grow self-love through self-acceptance. It asks two essential questions:What gets in the way of recognizing/knowing that we are loveable?What root perceptions, thoughts, actions, and/or behaviors produce self-love or the knowingness of ‘loveability’?The curriculum engages girls in conversations and activities that address the barriers that prevent all people from realizing their loveability and self-worth. At its core, the Loveable curriculum emphasizes self-acceptance as the gateway to self-love, promoting positive self-perception and affirming internal dialogue.
The Lovable curriculum consists of 20 explorations focused on seven key themes:
Self-Love
Girls explore the concepts of external and internal love, identify ways self-love is inhibited and expressed, and assess its importance in their lives.
Making Mistakes
Girls examine their self-talk around mistakes, discuss societal messages about errors, and learn to use mistakes as tools for resilience and growth.
Difficult Emotions
Girls identify and manage difficult emotions, reframing them to refrain or re-cognize self-judgment and see the useful aspects of difficult emotions.
Self-Acceptance
Girls define self-acceptance, connect it to loveability, and work towards accepting all parts of themselves.
Embracing Failure
Girls redefine failure, understand its relationship with success, and reframe its use as a teacher and guide.
Broken Promises
Girls convert empathy into self-compassion while managing expectations, and setting healthy boundaries.
Navigating Overwhelm
Girls explore the physiology of overwhelm, self-care strategies, and the importance of vulnerability.
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Bring Loveable Home for Yourself & Your Daughters, Nieces, and Friends!
This heartwarming book resonates with the inner child in each of us, making it the perfect gift for you, your daughters, goddaughters, nieces, and friends. Order your copy today and let the journey of self-love through self-acceptance begin!
Lovable (Hardcover)
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About Malene Kai
Malene Kai Bell, M.A. is the author of Loveable and the subsequent curriculum and resource guides. Mother (to a beautiful daughter), writer, and teacher, she practices the living mantra ‘to transform the world, transform yourself’.A former ELA teacher, instructional coach, and restorative practices facilitator, Malene has spearheaded, developed, and executed a myriad of programs, provided leadership development, programmatic & and systems design support, and coaching in areas such as restorative practices, trauma-informed strategies, social-emotional learning, and mindfulness. She has managed, designed, and supported corporate and non-profit teams with high-level consensus building, conflict management, and community coalition building.In 2017, she founded SAGE Wellness to address teacher burnout and to promote well-being. An avid meditator and mindfulness practitioner, Malene was ‘trained’ at the Shambala Center of Baltimore in 2007, and, more recently, she completed the Inner Engineering Program. A Kundalini & Usui Reiki Master, Malene has studied multiple holistic healing modalities including Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, Brain Gym, Touch for Health, and Quantum Touch.She earned a B.A. in English from Morgan State University, an M.A. in Writing from Johns Hopkins University, and an M.Msc from The University of Sedona.