I'm Gonna Like Me: Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem
by Jamie Lee Curtis
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson.
The general take
Jamie Lee Curtis wrote this children's book to address self-esteem as a real issue affecting kids, viewing it as substantive content that tackles meaningful topics rather than empty entertainment. She frames the book as being about self-love and helping children work through something that matters to them.
About
From the #1 New York Times bestselling team of Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell, creators of Today I Feel Silly and Where Do Balloons Go? , comes I’m Gonna Like Me, a funny and moving celebration of self-esteem and loving the skin you’re in. Celebrate liking yourself! Through alternating points of view, a girl's and a boy's, Jamie Lee Curtis's triumphant text and Laura Cornell's lively artwork show kids that the key to feeling good is liking yourself because you are you. A book to rejoice in and share, I'm Gonna Like Me will have kids letting off some self-esteem in no time!
Who said what
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…discussing her work writing children's books about self-esteem and personal development
“In the one thing we haven't brought up at all, is that I also write books for children. And the books I write for children are about things. They're not just nothing. They're about issues and topics that plague children as much as they plague adults. I'd written a book about self-esteem. It was called I'm Gonna Like Me Letting Off a Little Self-Esteem. It was about self-love.”
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson — Stop Chasing The Shiny Things with Jamie Lee Curtisat 52:16
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