The Color of Your Skin

By: Desiree Acevedo, Silvia Alvarez (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 1 November 2021

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
4 - 8

Grade
K - P

Dimensions(cm)
26.0 x 20.9 x 1.27

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Silver Medal at the 2021 Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Like a multicolor pencil palette, what defines human beings is their uniqueness and their diversity.

Vega and her colored pencils were inseparable. Together they created the most impressive drawings that were later exposed in the best museum in the world: the refrigerator at home. Vega used all the colors you can imagine for her drawings: red, yellow, blue, gold... At school, Vega was immersed in one of her new creations when her friend Alex stopped by, and peered into the box of pencils Vega had on her table. "Can you lend me the skin-colored pencil, please?" he asked. Skin-colored? Vega and Alex wondered why there is such a color in the box. With curiosity and creativity they will explore the diversity of skin tones of people who are part of their daily lives and they will discover that the "skin-color" can have a thousand shades and not just one.

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Industry Reviews

"The Color of Your Skin is a beautiful picture book in which the protagonists discover that the "skin-color" has more than one shade and that diversity enriches us in a world where there is room for all races and colors." --Infantilandia

"Author and illustrator team Desiree Acevedo and Silvia Alvarez have produced a beautiful exploration of the colors of humanity. The illustrations are colorful and rich and the story is detailed and thought provoking. Above all the text strives to impart the message that skin-tone isn't just one color, it's many." --School Library Connection

"A vibrant picture book, where the expressiveness of each brushstroke takes us even deeper into the story. Fantastic for introducing topics like racism, diversity, coexistence. Undoubtedly an important book to share both at home and in the classroom for its thought-provoking and enriching content." --La Cuenteria Respetuosa

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