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| View Larger Image | The Colors of Us
by Karen Katz
| | List Price: | $7.95 |  | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours | | | | | Sales Rank: | 11701 | | Studio: | Owlet Paperbacks | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Reading Level: | Ages 4-8 | | Number Of Pages: | 32 | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2002 | | Publisher: | Owlet Paperbacks |
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Product Description
A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist’s perspective.Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 21 reviews)
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A must have 
This is such a beautiful book. I readily give, "The Colors of Us," as a gift to family and friends. It has such a gorgeous message and gives adults who haven't had as much exposure to different cultures a way to start a conversation. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Every family should own a copy, regardless of race or socioeconomic status.
July 07, 2008 | |
Another favorite!
Another wonderful book for internationally adopted childen who want to know why their skin is a different color, etc. My daughter adopted from Guatemala LOVES this book!
May 02, 2008 | |
"Out of many, one people!"
A far as race goes, there is but one race we belong to, the HUMAN RACE. Concerning skin color or pigmentation, we come in an assortment of shades: "brown," "olive," "cinnamon," "egg shell", etc. Never have I seen a "black", "white", "yellow", or "red" human being. It is ethnicity, culture, heritage, etc. that makes us as humans differ. COLORism, in my opinion, persists today because we refuse to acknowledge that we are at the core the same. Our pigmentation has nothing to do with anything: "out of many, one people!" The definition of race needs, as was the definition of sex vs. gender, to be amended.
December 13, 2007 | |
good for pre-k kids
I teach special education pre-k in a culturally diverse school. I think it's a wonderful way to introduce a complicated concept like racial diversity. And for the reviewers who said this book was "shallow" and "one-sided", let me say one thing: DUH! This book is written for small children who have not yet grasped abstract, higher order thinking. What do you expect 4 year olds to read? Alex Haley's "Roots"? Get over yourself--if you want a complex, thorough book on racial diversity, go get a college text book.
November 16, 2007 | |
Love it!
Such a cute book with a strong message. I am an early elementary education major and I am currently increasing my classroom library. This will definately be one of the books that I make available to my students. Great book.
October 25, 2007 | |
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