The Colors of Us

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Summary: Excellent Book!
Review: I am a Pre-K/K Teacher. Last school year a child in my class, who had many questions about skin color, instantly attached to this book and it remained a favorite all year long. This is an excellent book that explores the various hues of us in a format that is extremely appealing and inviting to children. It is a great spring board for discussions of color and race with young children. A must have for any early childhood library.

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Summary: My Favorite Children's Book
Review: I am an elementary school counselor and read this book to second graders. They love the comparisons of skin colors to foods, and it leaves everyone feeling good about the way they look. It is a strong multicultural book, but the presentation is very subtle, and not preachy.

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Summary: My Favorite Children's Book
Review: I am an elementary school counselor and read this book to second graders. They love the comparisons of skin colors to foods, and it leaves everyone feeling good about the way they look. It is a strong multicultural book, but the presentation is very subtle, and not preachy.

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Summary: Creative book about each person's uniqueness
Review: Karen Katz has succeeded in presenting a colorful and creative book that describes the many beautiful shades of skin tone in our society. She teaches her daughter, Lena, that there are many shades of brown. They walk through their neighborhood, using color tones and food items to make tasteful distinctions. After Lena mixes her paint colors to match the subtle hues and paint each person, she exclaims, "Look Mom, the colors of us!" This has been a wonderful book for my 2 year old son to explore the differences in races as we await the adoption of our baby from China. He has memorized the skin color descriptions and has noticed people in our community/church whose skin matches them. This incredible book has become one of our favorites.

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Summary: Makes a GREAT gift
Review: My 3 1/2 year old son loved this book so much that I decided to give it as gifts to all of his friends this year (as we go through the birthday party circuit). Besides the cute pictures and the lovely prose, it has a wonderful message that is appropriate for anyone.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is a great!A modern, hip book for all ages. The wonderful world of Color comes to life in all the Colors of People! My 4 year old loves the yummy discriptions of the book and learns to respect the differences in all of us. Thanks Karen Katz for writing and illurtating a great book. We hope more iwll follow

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Summary: Great book
Review: This is a wonderful book to introduce children to the concept of multiculturalism. I am white, my husband is Mexican and my daughters are dark like my husband. It is wonderful to see a book with a white mother and dark daughter, and it's wonderful to see all the different colored characters. My 4-year-old loves this book and I love reading her a story with a character she can relate to. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: What a beautiful book
Review: 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.