I really liked the book. I loved the story and the children in it and how they came up with the ideas for the ball. I also loved the name of the ball and title of the book.

I think it's an amazing book to read to kids, especially those who don't go to school yet or haven't been in situations where they see and meet families that aren't what we still unfortunately consider "normal" or "traditional", and this is a great place so they meet different pictures of what a family looks like.

Parents will find a note/guide at the end with tips but I don't have much comment on it since I'm not a parent.

Such a sweet book about including everyone no matter what their families look like. I always love to simple LGBTQ+ book for kids. My kids were a little young for it but I’d say it works for anyone kindergarten and older.

Bravo. I work at a school. I see so many different families. We are all different in so many ways.

I loved the cover, graphics, and storyline. The classroom/dance was the perfect setting. The children all looked different as they do in a classroom. The families also were different in many ways as they are in life. Thank you for writing this book. It's simple enough for a small child to understand and perfect for adults too.

While Mrs. Parkers class is preparing for amother-son and daddy-dsughter dance they realize that not everyone has a parent to invite. One little boy has two dads, a girls dad is away in another country for work and another little boy lives with his grandparents.

The kids along with their teacher decide to include everyone and rename the dance, including all their friends and family.

I cried while reading this. I'm a parent with my own daughter now. I was raised by my mom who is in a lesbian marriage so I knew how the kids felt. This was absolutely beautiful!

What a sweet book about inclusion and diversity that children with differences and different family composition can relate to!

I thought this was an excellent, gentle book on family diversity. When a kid is upset that he can't participate in the mother/son or father/daughter dance because he has two dads, others start to express how they can't either because their families look a little different too. So they decide they should rename the dance to "The Small and Tall Ball" instead, and everyone is welcome. I loved the message, and the illustrations. It also included ways to have conversations around diversity at the end of the book for parents to learn from. Definitely recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and PESI Publishing for the ARC of The Small and Tall Ball.

This was a very cute story about inclusion, specifically in the instance of Mother/Son and Daddy/Daughter Dances. Those types of dances are so exclusive in terms of their names that I love the name used in this book of The Small and Tall Ball. It is such a simple and great way of showing kids how special other adults in their lives can be. My 3 year old really enjoyed this book.

I love this book's message of diversity and inclusion! I love that there's a kid-friendly definition of diversity and inclusion before the story even starts. There's a few things about the book that I wish were written or illustrated just a little differently. For example, the first child to mention he won't be able to go to the dance because he has two dads kind of gets brushed off until there's a second kid who mentions their dad is overseas in the military. There's also a gender expressive child in the book who's never mentioned and only shows up a handful of times, almost like the author and illustrator meant to make the child as invisible as possible. I think the book is a great conversation starter, but maybe not the "poster child" book for inclusivity.