The Colors of Us :: Education by Design Store

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A must have

2008-07-07
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!

2008-05-02
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!"

2007-12-13
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

2007-11-16
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.

Love it!

2007-10-25
Such a cute book with a strong message. I am an early elementary education major and I am currently increasing my classroom library. This will definately be one of the books that I make available to my students. Great book.

Shallow

2007-10-05

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.

Great Great Great Book

2007-09-27
Great book for any kid! We bought it because our daughter is adopted from Guatemala and we are white. I have used it with my neices and nephews as well to instill in them a love for all the beatiful colors of us.

Fantastic book! Great way to teach kids about diversity.

2007-07-13
I bought this book for my toddler daughter after seeing her reaction to some people that didn't look like her while on a recent vacation overseas. This book captured her interest from the very beginning. She quickly learned the names of the characters and looked forward to reading this book every night. A few weeks later, I was happy to see that she reacted differently and much more positively when she encountered people with "different colors than us". This book is a great tool for teaching young children about diversity.

This is a wonderful book

2007-05-25
This book was purchased for our [...]son who attends a predominantly African American preschool. Three non-black children recently began enrollment there and the question of why they are not as dark as the other children came up. This book is a wonderful teaching tool that helped us explain that not all skin color is the same, and that none is better or worse than the other. It didn't matter that this book featured a little girl and her mom, my boy loves this book. It is in his bedtime story book rotation. I highly recommend it.

Great for teachers

2007-02-26
I love this book because it celebrates every skin color as a beautiful one. I have used it several times with my preschool students and it is a great conversation starter. After reading this book, I ask each of my students to think of a food that looks like their own skin, and they have a lot of fun offering each other suggestions. They love to think of themselves as something as yummy as chocolate or honey. To further celebrate the multiculturalism in my classroom, I like to ask each of the children to bring in one of the foods they thought of so we can have a party. It is a great way for children to understand and appreciate diversity.