Children’s Book “Lolo’s Superpower”: Doll Proves Love Is Superpower
Love Ourselves, Love Others' New Children's Book Celebrates Individuality and Acceptance of Uniqueness in Oneself and Others
Cover Illustration of Lolo’s Superpower, a new children’s book by Leslie Pitt. Illustration credit: Ashley Rades
Loving ourselves and loving others has an acronym - LOLO. And that acronym is now the name of a young character from the newly released children’s book, “Lolo’s Superpower.”
Meet Lolo - the innately confident doll spreading heartfelt messages about self-acceptance, kindness to others, and the belief that being different is a superpower.
The author, Leslie Pitt (based in Minneapolis), is reflective of Lolo, as she has lived with limb loss since she was six years old. One of her goals with her first published children’s book: to empower children, especially with “disabilities,” or what she calls, “differing abilities.”
Another goal: to raise money, because a portion of the book’s proceeds will go to Leslie’s global non-profit aiding children with differing abilities, Project Lolo.
Just as Leslie embraces her differing abilities, Lolo embraces being different from all the other dolls in the toy store. Lolo gets bullied because of this, but is never fazed, because being different is what empowers Lolo the most!
In fact, being different than all of the other dolls is not the only thing that sets Lolo apart - Lolo is also genderless. Leslie wanted all children to embrace the book’s fundamental message and felt that message was more universal with Lolo just being Lolo.
To learn more about “Lolo’s Superpower”, visit lologlobal.com.
To learn more about Project Lolo or to donate, visit ProjectLolo.org.
Project Lolo Founder and President, Leslie Pitt Schneider, seated in her home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Image credit: Suzanne Navarro Photography
About Leslie Pitt
Leslie Pitt is the author of “Lolo’s Superpower,” a children’s book inspired by her experience of living with limb loss since she was 6 years old. She is also the founder and president of Project Lolo, a global non-profit advocating for children to live limitlessly by raising money for their orthopedic medical care, orthopedic and assistive mobility devices. Leslie’s work to help amputees also aided the victims of the Boston Marathon Bombing. Leslie currently works full-time as a consultant and is educated in Law, Nursing, Biology, and Global Health and Human Rights.
About Love Ourselves, Love Others
Love Ourselves, Love Others (LOLO) creates books for children with universal messages for all that when people love and accept themselves as individuals, then they can be more loving and accepting of others. LOLO's books empower children to examine and harness their inherent value, and the core qualities of who they are as individuals. LOLO donates a portion of its profits to Project Lolo, a global, non-profit organization that provides access to orthopedic care or devices to children with differing abilities. To Learn more about Love Ourselves, Love Others, please visit lologlobal.com and follow LOLO on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Project Lolo℠
Project Lolo is a global, non-profit organization that advocates for children to live limitlessly. It helps children gain equal standing in life, with fundraising efforts to ensure children have access to orthopedic medical care, orthopedic and assistive mobility devices such as wheelchairs, crutches and prostheses. Learn more at projectlolo.org and follow Project Lolo onFacebook,Instagram, LinkedIn andTwitter.