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PreSchool-Grade 2 Lena's mother is an artist, so she knows whereof she speaks when she insists that there are many different shades of brown. The two take a walk through their neighborhood by way of illustration, and the friends and relatives they meet along the way aptly reinforce Mom's contention. Their skin colors are compared to honey, peanut butter, pizza crust, ginger, peaches, chocolate, and more, conjuring up delicious and beautiful comparisons for every tint. Katz's pencil-and-gouache pictures joyously convey the range of human pigmentation. Positive and useful. Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Lena discovers that she and her friends and neighbors are all beautiful shades of brown. "I am the color of cinnamon. Mom says she could eat me up," says Lena. Then she sees everyone else in terms of delicious foods: Mom is the color of French toast. Lena's friend Sonia is the color of creamy peanut butter. Isabella is chocolate brown like the cupcakes they had for her birthday. Lena's best friend, Jo-Jin, is the color of honey. Katz wrote and illustrated the story in affirmation of her adopted Guatemalan daughter and her friends, and the diversity that surrounds them. The message is heavy, but it's made palatable by the loving words and the brightly colored, lively illustrations, which are a combination of collage, gouache, and colored pencil. The pictures of Lena and her friends and city neighbors celebrate the delicious colors of the individual people, all brown, and each one different. Hazel Rochman
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This Book is a Joy to Read,
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This review is from: The Colors of Us (Paperback)
My daughter loves this book and so do I. The relationship between mother and daughter in this book is lovely, gentle and creative. I like that the mother is an artist and the daughter explores the diversity of her world through painting. This intimate expression of the different skin colours she sees around her is a wonderful way for a young mind to think through what it means to live in a community of people who come from different ethnicities - which in our city is very much the case. It s a sweet celebration of diversity that breaks down the idea that there is one homogenous 'other'. Non white people come in so many varieties and allows me a simple teaching path towards showing my daughter how different her friends are.
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This review is from: The Colors of Us (Paperback)
I bought this book because my two daughters were born with very different complexions, and when my 5-year old began to 'brag' about her darker skin (both to me and my younger one who are on the lighter side) I went searching for a safe kid-friendly way to have an "appreciation for everyone" discussion. As a teacher, I also read it in my classroom. This book is the best treatment of this subject I have found, for making all complexions "yummy" sounding, using words like "cinnamon" and "honey" so that everyone can be proud of what they have been given. It really does cover all complexions. When children find where they fit in, they always smile! I recommend this book to everyone with children at home, and for classrooms teaching racial equality.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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What a beautiful book,
By Shaz "oi-you!" (Naples, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Colors of Us (Hardcover)
We saw this at the library, and immediately loved it. Lena's Mom is an artist, so she is used to noticing color in everything. As she and her Mom walk through town, they notice how everyone's skin color varies in depth or pigmentation, but they find a way to compare it to something scrumptious. Mr. Pellegrino is the color of pizza crust, a golden brown. Lena's best friend, Jo-Jin, is the color of honey. Lucy has skin that's peachy and tan. Mr. Kashmir, who sells spices, is the color of ginger and chili powder.People come in all colors, not just nationalitites. After someone told my 5 year old daughter that we were "white", she said (pointing to her cornea), "THIS is white, I'm peachy tan!" I felt warm and toasty reading this book, like the way I feel when I drink hot chocolate and eat warm bread on a cold day. We need to teach love, not tolerance, and this book is a great tool for doing this.
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