Tired of the same old books with their same old take on things in the “self-esteem” genre for children (think Jamie Lee Curtis and her exuberant, exclamation point-filled books full of “I LOVE ME!”)? I’ve found the perfect antidote: Spoon. Perhaps it’s because he’s an inanimate object yet still manages to have quirky relatives, including that crazy great-grandmother who fell in love with a dish (GASP!) and ran away to a distant land. Perhaps it’s because he comes across as more humble and unaware of his own special traits …

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