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Love Has No Labels is a video in which the audience sees two skeletons dancing on the screen, interacting with each other. When the people behind the screen come out, the audience sees something they didn't before: there is a significant difference. This video shows that differences don't matter because we're all the same on the inside.

Students can discuss what makes them different and what makes them the same and then create a Venn diagram with a partner of the similarities and differences between themselves.

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Dove's Self-Esteem Project is an organization that seeks to promote the self-love and confidence of young women around the world. They do so through different videos and programs that promote body positivity.

There are many activities for students provide by Dove that can be used to promote self-love and confidence in the classroom for both boys and girls.

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The Dove Self-Esteem Project works to raise the self-esteem of young women around the world by promoting self-love and confidence. They do so through different videos and programs that encourage body positivity.

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Human Family by Maya Angelou is a poem about how every family is different and every person within each family is different. She concludes her poem by explaining that despite these differences, we are actually all very alike.

In my classroom, I could have a discussion of the poem about cultural identities. I could also use it to discuss poem structures.

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This is a mash-up of Beyonce's Pretty Hurts, Colbie Caillat's Try, and Jessie J's Who You Are. The mash-up addresses the beauty standards people, specifically women, are held to and encourages its audience to love themselves and focus on other aspects of themselves than their outer beauty.

My students could write a reflection on this mashup explaining what they think the message is and how it relates to their life.

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This is a poster found online that says "BeYouTiful." It encourages students to embrace the beauty of who they are.

I can use it with my students by hanging it up in the classroom as a constant reminder for them.

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Author: Lois Lowry
Illustrator: None
Publication Year: 1993
Genre: Dystopian Fiction
Approximate Interest Level 5-8
Approximate Text Level: 6-7
The Giver is a story set in a dystopia where everything is decided for the citizens, even their families. Everyone is the same, except for Jonas. As everyone receives their life assignments, Jonas is trained by a wise old man called the Giver, who teaches him that feelings have power. Jonas must use his feelings to save someone he loves.
Lesson Plan: Students list the different job assignments given in the book and choose one at random. They then have to fill out a job application and figure out which traits and skills fit the job best.
http://www.walden.com/blog/the-giver-7-creative-classroom-activities/

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Author: Stephen Chbosky
Illustrator: none
Publication Year: 1999
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 6-9
Approximate Text Level: 9-12
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a story about a high school freshman named Charlie, who is having a tough time navigating the ins and outs of high school life. He begins writing to an anonymous person at the suggestion of a friend. He comes to learn that its okay to be different from everyone else, even in high school.
Lesson Plan: Students write a personal narrative, connecting the events of the book and Charlie's coming of age to their own life and struggles.
http://smago.coe.uga.edu/VirtualLibrary/Stephans_2013.pdf

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Author: Allia Zobel Nolan
Illustrator: Miki Sakamoto
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Realistic Fiction
What I Like About Me! is a story that talks about all the different things students like about themselves. It also allows the readers to say what they like about themselves too.
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-1
Approximate Text Level: PreK-K
Lesson Plan: Students analyze what is similar and different about their classmates and graph the data (i.e. the different colors of hair and how many students have each hair color).
http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/sites/www/Uploads/files/Oel%20Resources/Sample%20Lessons/WhatILikeAboutMeGraphingLessonPlan.rtf

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Author: Arnold Adoff
Illustrator Emily Arnold McCully
Publication Year: 1973
Genre: poetic fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 1-4
Approximate Reading Level: 2
Black is brown is tan is the story of a family with all different skin colors. It discusses how each member of the family is different and how it doesn't change how much they love each other, just like all the other families.
Lesson Plan: Discuss the different colors in the room and how they compare to the color of our skin. Then students make a kite that represents who they are.
http://readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=3&bookID=00000317

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Author: Taye Diggs
Illustrator: Shane W. Evans
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Approximate Text Level: 2-4
Chocolate Me! is a story about a little boy who doesn't look like the rest of his friends. His skin is darker and his hair is bigger and his teeth stand out a lot more when he smiles. His mom teaches him to share what makes him different with his friends and they all love him for it.
Lesson Plan: Students sit in a circle and participate in "May I Have a Compliment Please?" where they compliment a student who then compliments another student and so on.
https://prezi.com/jyrre9fx66bo/lesson-plan-activities/

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Author: Helen Lester
Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger
Publication Year: 1988
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 1-4
Approximate Text Level:
Tacky the Penguin is not quite like the rest of the penguins. He is not put together and he's actually a little obnoxious. The other penguins roll their eyes at Tacky, but it might just turn out that his uniqueness might end up saving the day.
Lesson Plan: Students fill out a Venn diagram comparing Tacky to the rest of the penguins then write about why it was a good thing that Tacky was different.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Tacky-The-Penguin-Activities-133306

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Author: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator: Christine Davenier
Publication Year: 1983
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-1
Approximate Text Level: K-1
Me I Am! is the story of s child who is the only "me" there is. There is no other child just like her and that's what makes her special.
Lesson Plan: Students draw a self-portrait to represent how unique they are.
http://waddleeahchaa.com/2012/09/11/self-portrait-writing-lesson-kindergarten-and-first-grade-book-of-the-week-giveaway/

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Author: David Shannon
Illustrator: David Shannon
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Pre-K-3
Approximate Text Level: 2-3
A Bad Case of Stripes is the story of Camilla Cream, a girl who just wants to fit in, even if that means not eating her favorite food: lima beans. On the first day of school, she finds herself colored in rainbow stripes and no one can seem to figure out where the stripes came from. The only thing Camilla can think of is how much she just wants to look normal and eat her lima beans.
Lesson Plan: Students will complete a cause and effect activity with a picture of Camilla Cream to color in.
http://elizabeth-mary.blogspot.com/2014/04/cause-and-effect-with-camilla-cream.html

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Author: Charise Mericle Harper
Illustrator: Charise Mericle Harper
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-1
Approximate Text Level: 1-2
Cupcake tells the story of a vanilla cupcake who feels alone when all of her colorful and flavorful brothers and sisters get chosen to be eaten. With the help from a candle, she finds a way to love being simply vanilla.
Lesson Plan: Students will decorate and design their own cupcake by coloring it in and drawing different pictures on it to represent themselves.
http://pad3.whstatic.com/images/thumb/d/d4/Draw-a-Cupcake-Step-13-Version-2.jpg/aid1563939-728px-Draw-a-Cupcake-Step-13-Version-2.jpg

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Author: Mary E. Whitcomb
Illustrator: Tara Calahan King
Publication Year: 1998
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 1-3
Approximate Text Level: 2-3
Odd Velvet is a story of a girl who seems to do everything a little bit differently than the rest of her classmates. At first, Velvet is left alone by her classmates as they find her weird, but soon they start to see just how awesome her differences make her and they learn to develop their own unique qualities as well.
Lesson Ideas: "Each student is given a piece of paper and folds the paper once length wise and once width wise. Each student should have four sections (folded) in their paper. In the top left corner students should write three things that were the SAME between Odd Velvet and her classmates. In the top right corner students should write three things that were DIFFERENT. The bottom two segments are for the students to apply the same thinking about themselves and their classmates."
http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=22329

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Author: Michael Tyler
Illustrator: David Lee Csicsko
Publication Year: 2005
Genre: Poetic prose
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Approximate Text Level: K-3
The Skin You Live In describes skin tones and colors in a multitude of new ways, comparing it to different actions, feelings, and even foods. The book shows that it isn't about the skin you live in, but the you that lives within the skin.
Lesson Ideas: Students would write their own poem about their own skin color, along with a picture of their face.
https://bctf.ca/uploadedFiles/Public/SocialJustice/Issues/Antiracism/CelebratingSkinColour.pdf

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Author: Jerry Spinelli
Illustrator: none
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: 4-8
Approximate Text Level: 4-5
Stargirl is the story of a girl who shows up to a quiet school in a quiet town and immediately starts a spark with her unique look and personality. Suddenly, the students of her school turn on her and the protagonist Leo, who finds himself in love with Stargirl, urges her to become what she never has been: normal. This story addresses the power of nonconformity, specifically in regards to love.
Lesson Ideas: Students fill out a graphic organizer for problem and solution as they read then share their results in small groups. Then, students create an acrostic poem celebrating their individuality.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizer-problem-and-solution-diagram

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Author: Todd Parr
Illustrator: Todd Parr
Publication Year: 2001
Genre: multicultural fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-1
Approximate Text Level: K-1
It's Okay to Be Different is a story about all the different characteristics that make people different and why those differences are absolutely okay! The story addresses disabilities, races, genders, and more to show that our differences are not a bad thing, but just a part of life.
Lesson Ideas: Start with discussion questions:

What are some ways we might feel “different?”

What is a community?

How does diversity help make our community stronger?

Then, make a word web about the word "different" (providing examples to get the student started).
http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/its-okay-feel-different-primary-grades-k-2

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Author: Andrea Shavick
Illustrator: Russell Ayto
Publication Year: 2000
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Approximate Text Level: 1-2
You'll Grow Soon, Alex is a story of a little boy named Alex who is very short. He goes to his family and teacher for advice on how to grow tall, but nothing seems to be working. It's not until his very tall uncle gives him some words of wisdom that he realizes that there are more important things than how tall or short we are.
Lesson Ideas: Students discuss the different things they can do now that they couldn't when they were shorter and vice versa.

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Author: Berne, Jennifer
Illustator: Bendis, Keith
Publication Year: 2010
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Approximate Text Level: 2-4
Calvin Can't Fly is the story of a starling named Calvin, who -- you guessed it! -- can't fly. The reason? Well, Calvin absolutely loves reading. While all of his brothers and sisters and cousins learn to fly, Calvin simply reads. Can he use his special skill to help his family or will he get left behind?
Lesson Ideas: Students discuss the book as we read and then proceed to go back to their desks and write about which of their interests make them different or unique. Students can then fill out a page that says "In the fall, I like to..." and draw a picture to go with their answer.
http://katenarita.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/calvin-cant-fly-story-of-bookworm.html