Here are two books to help children cope with their complexes.

Europe 1 5:15 p.m., November 10, 2021

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A belly that's too big, a waist that's too small, a nose that's too big, having red hair, wearing glasses… We all have, young and old, a part of ourselves that we don't find very attractive to see. And these complexes, if they can be tamed and fade as they grow older, are not apprehended in the same way when you are a child. Do not panic ! On Europe 1, Wednesday, the columnist Nathalie Le Breton arrives with two books which are precisely thought to find answers to the questions of the little ones.

“In general, we tend not to see ourselves as we are. Remember the pictures when you were little, where you found yourself too skinny or not enough this, not enough that. You look at them ten or twenty years later and you say to yourself: 'I was not so bad, after all.' The books will accompany, gradually, age by age, the children. I start with a wonderful book for children, from 4, 5 years 'called

book written by Anne-Caroline Pandolfo and released by Talents Hauts.

Leon facing representations of animals

The book tells the story of Leon, a little boy who decided to draw up the portrait gallery of all his animal friends: the giraffe, the panther, the crocodiles, the zebra, etc. He thinks it's a great idea and they'll be so happy. But no, this is the office of weeping and wailing. The camel is dented everywhere with its two bumps. As for the flamingo, it is only pink, while the zebra, it is only in black and white. How to look good on the portrait? Leon tries to tell the little lion that it's going to be okay. They all have desires to be other than what they are.

Finally, little Leon launches out and paints his portrait. Turnaround: all animals see this 'horror' and are indignant at their representation, this 'catastrophe'. “I'm much better than that,” they say. "Me, the lion, of course I have a shaggy mane, but I'm the king of beasts nonetheless." Suddenly, seeing themselves represented leads them to reposition themselves and become aware of their pride. The kids will love this. It's a way to move forward with them on who they are, how they see themselves and that we all have something to focus on. But we have so many other good things inside of us.

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The cat who wants to be himself

So much for the representation of animals.

If there is a given moment when we can dream in life, it is in our tender youth, to dream of being different from what we are.

In complexes, we often think of the very bad when we have trouble living with them, when it handicaps, but it's also the time to dream.

So let's go with the books, in particular

, by Laure Sirieix and Chiara Arsego, a marvel released by Les petits bérets.

There is a cat who wants to change his skin.

It seems a bit complicated in illustration, but we are in the marvelous, in the magic because books are used for that.

The cat therefore begins to say that he is fed up with his coat.

He stands in front of the mirror, a reference to famous tales.

'I would like to change for example into a jackal'.

The kids are going to have fun and all of a sudden they see themselves in the head of an old kid always ready to jump on anything that smells culinary.

And so, that doesn't suit him.

We are going to shell almost all the animals, the panda, the giraffe.

He makes himself the whole gallery of portraits of other animals and finally, he comes to this: 'What I would like to do is remain myself'.

He also tried to be a little human, but it's not very nice to be a biped, it's better to be a cat. "