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The Colors of Us Review by phillip "paseymou" (baltimore, md)
We bought this book for our two children who, as two of a very small group of kids of any color in their classes, are often asked about their "differentness." The book did a great job of identifying different skin tones, likening them to very colorful (pun intended) descriptions of foods, and linking them to affable and memorable individual characters.
My kids are clear that their immediate world is made up of different people who happen to have unique skin colors and that coloring is only one component of what makes these people who they are -- in that respect, this book helped us achieve our goals. Where the book failed (and here, it failed pretty big) is in some of the assigned stereotypical roles to several of the book's characters: "Mr. Pelligrino" (the pizza shop owner), "Candy" (the bronze and amber colored babysitter), and "Mr. Kashmir" (the turban wearing spice seller).
The book isn't bad and the lack of character creativity challenged me to augment it with other books that do a better job at introducing issues of diversity while carefully avoiding stereotypes. I wouldn't, however, use it by itself to teach a kid (or kids) about similarities and differences. Several books that come to mind which help hammer home a more complete understanding of the issue of diversity are:
Whoever You Are (Mem Fox);
We're Different, We're the Same (Sesame Street);
All the Colors of Earth (Sheila Hamanaka);
Courderoy (Don Freeman);
It's OK To Be Different (Todd Parr); and
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo (Kevin Lewis).
I wouldn't dissuade anyone from buying it but I would hope that it isn't used as an only tool to introduce issues of color and cultural differences. If your intention is to have a groovy book with colorful descriptions of people's skin tones, this book for you.
The Colors of Us Review by Vanessa Rivera (Tilburg, The Netherlands)
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
The Colors of Us Review by Hildur Lindgren Carlen (Brooklyn, NY USA)
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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