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| The Colors of Us | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Katz
Publisher: Owlet Paperbacks
Category: Book
List Price: $7.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 9996
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.1
ISBN: 0805071636
EAN: 9780805071634
ASIN: 0805071636
Publication Date: October 1, 2002
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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.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 17 more reviews...
 Cute and simple November 12, 2008
This book is simple and doesn't try to explain race or adoption or any other reasons why people, and families, are all different shades and colors. It is very heavy on food analogies, so if you are averse to comparing people to food this book will really bug you. If that doesn't bother you, it's a cute story that helps kids realize we are so many different colors.
 A must have July 7, 2008
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.
Another favorite! May 2, 2008
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!
"Out of many, one people!" December 13, 2007
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.
good for pre-k kids November 16, 2007
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.
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