Koukej na mě! – Leoneová Annika (2025)

Jumping into the pool for the first time requires courage. Being happy with your body does too.

"Look at me!" Mira's dad shouts from the diving board. Jumping is fun! It is, especially when dad's swimsuit falls off. Mira must save her dad, so she dives for it. Saving dad: accomplished! Jumping into the pool: also accomplished!

The book Look at Me! at first glance seems like a simple story about overcoming the fear of jumping into the water. However, at the pool, we overcome much more. For instance, the embarrassment of nudity. We have a fixed idea that our body should look a certain way. Standards of beauty do not reflect reality — and many of today's happy little ones will painfully struggle with this after encountering social media. So let's tell them in time: The human body comes in various shapes. It never looks like a Barbie doll. And it is always just ours, and no one has the right to judge it.

May the readers of this book always have the courage to say: Look at me! This is me, and I am great just the way I am!