This is NOT a book about acceptance, rather it is one of an individual trying to improve herself and her life, trying out new ways of being that might lead to growth. The story continues along this vein with the so-called friends criticizing Spot's every change and every move. Spot's so-called friends' response? Acceptance? No. For example, by changing into an elephant. Deciding she is unhappy where she is in life, Spot decides to make some changes. The book begins with Spot's so-called friends telling him/her (the book does not convey gender for Spot) and that she must move from the zoo to the circus - so much for acceptance. In fact the book really conveyed the opposite message. OK, I know that this is a book that is supposed to be about liking yourself for who you are, and your friends liking you for who you are, but that is not the message that is actually being conveyed here.
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