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The Colors of Us

Author/Illustrator: Karen Katz
Ages 3-6 and Ages 6-9
Published September 15, 1999
$ 1899 USD

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Description

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.

Karen Katz created The Colors of Us for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago.

AWARDS
• Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (KS Reading Association)
• FL Reading Assoc Children's Book Award winner
• Kansas Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Awar
• NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
• Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
• Kansas Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award winner
• NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy winner
• Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (KS Reading Association)
• Kansas Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Awar
• NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
• Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award
• 2007 NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy winner

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