Embrace Your Features
Hi! I’m Christina Testut, a NYC Public School Teacher for over 20 years. I’m a strong advocate for SEL (Social Emotional Learning) in all classrooms. I like to say “SEL is my jam.”
I’m passionate about developing confidence and building a strong self esteem within my students. Changing the narrative around body image for our youngest generation and generations to come has become my purpose, passion & personal mission. I’m trying to be the change I want to see. Come join me. We can make an impact together.
Join Me at the Freedom to Read Festival
Join me for a celebration of reading as we unite to protect books from censorship at the Freedom to Read festival sponsored by Kew And Willow Bookstore. Support the freedom to access and explore diverse ideas through literature, where everyone can see themselves reflected in the stories they read.
Christina will read Embrace Your Features at 1:50 with a craft immediately following.
Welcome to my little corner of the world.
Imagine a world where all of our FEATURES are appreciated and celebrated?
about the book
Embrace Your Features
Embrace Your Features is a celebration of all the qualities that make us who we are, inside and out.
This colorful picture book encourages school-aged children to view their unique characteristics as what makes them special rather than flawed. Author and educator, Christina Testut, wants to inspire EVERYONE to feel worthy exactly as they are. In a world where human characteristics are often seen as imperfections, this book will motivate us all to see that our features make us unique, one-of-a-kind creatures!
What readers are saying
Embrace Your Features offers children (and the inner children of their grown-ups!) an essential introduction to what human features are. Christina Testut does a beautiful job neutrality describing the many ways human bodies can be put together and Ayan Mansoori's thoughtful illustrations allow all children to find themselves in the pages. As a body-image therapist and mother of three, I highly recommend this book for inclusion in any body-positive library.
— Zoë Bisbing —
LCSW, Founder of Body-Positive Therapy NYC and Body-Positive Home
"Embrace Your Features empowers children to love all of who they are. Every child deserves to feel seen, loved, and valued for their uniqueness and the author, Christina portrays exactly that. A must read for all children!!!!"
— Kind Cotton —
Embrace Your Features Gear on Kind Cotton
For every purchase from the Kind Cotton Line, they will donate a copy of Embrace Your Features to kids across the US.
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