The Colors of Us (utgåvan 2002)

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. She begins to appreciate the world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people.

What stood out is that the author created this book for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago. I connect a lot with this book because I am brown and adopted from india!

The story The Colors of Us is about a little girl named Lena who discovers that people come in a bunch of different shades of brown, that we're not all the same. This story uses different descriptive words to describe the various shades our skin colors are. This book teaches children that it's normal that we all are different colors and it's ok.

Katz uses vibrant illustrations to highlight on a day of a young girl learning about all the different colors of skin.

Lena wants to draw a picture of herself and uses a brown shade for her skin. After walking in the neighborhood she realizes brown comes in different shades. ( )

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.