All Are Welcome

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Good Books rating 4.62
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  • ID: 330
  • Added: 2025-09-10
  • Updated: 2025-10-03
  • Formats: 17
  • Reviews: 3
Reviews
Jebe Hedmunds · 2025-09-11
inclusive 4.75

The book warmly celebrates diversity and inclusion, emphasizing the importance of belonging in a diverse community with engaging text and detailed illustrations.

This review highlights how the book beautifully portrays a colorful and inclusive school environment where children from various cultural backgrounds come together. The illustrations by Suzanne Kaufman are praised for their warmth and detail, perfectly complementing Alexandra Penfold’s uplifting message that everyone deserves to feel safe and included. The book is also recommended as a valuable classroom tool to foster conversations about diversity, tolerance, and acceptance, helping children see themselves reflected in the story and feel appreciated for who they are.


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    All Are Welcome takes readers into a colorful, inclusive school where children from different cultural backgrounds and walks of life come together to learn, play, and grow.

    Kaufman’s art is the perfect complement to Penfold’s uplifting message that no matter who you are or where you’re from, everyone deserves a place where they belong.

    For teachers, this book is an excellent tool to introduce important conversations about diversity, tolerance, and inclusion in the classroom.

MammaFilz · 2019-02-28
joyful 4.50

The book is a joyful celebration of diversity and uniqueness in a school setting, with colorful, playful illustrations that enhance its message of inclusion.

This review emphasizes the celebration of individual uniqueness alongside community belonging, noting that children’s different routines, clothes, and foods are embraced as special and valuable. The rhyming and repetitive text, especially the line 'All are welcome here,' makes it a fantastic read-aloud with a powerful, poignant message. The reviewer appreciates how the book originated from a response to social issues, making it a heartfelt and authentic call for inclusivity, and recommends it as a meaningful gift for schools, libraries, or home collections.


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    The book is a celebration of diverse individuals, side by side, attending the same school.

    Written in rhyming stanzas with the repetition of the line 'All are welcome here,' this book makes for a fantastic read aloud with a poignant message.

    No matter what, every child is welcome.

Goodreads · Margaret2 · 2018-07-23
heartwarming 4.60

The book powerfully conveys a message of acceptance and belonging, making every child feel honored and welcomed regardless of their background.

Margaret2 praises the book for its ability to make readers feel like they are walking into a party where everyone is invited and appreciated equally. The story's verse and illustrations work together to reinforce acceptance and inclusion, teaching children that no one is excluded and everyone has a place. The review also highlights the book’s suitability for teaching acceptance in classrooms and encouraging children to be their best selves while appreciating others.


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    All Are Welcome lets young children know that no matter what, they have a place, they have a space, they are welcome in their school.

    All feel the jubilation of being honored equally.

    A fantastic book that gets the point across on every page - ALL ARE WELCOME HERE.

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