Creating an entertaining and creative way to celebrate the diversity amongst young children through a lighthearted relationship between skin color and food. Voice - This book hits a positive, celebratory tone with the reader. 'If everyone's skin was the same, wouldn't that be a shame?'īook Summary: Skin Like Mine explores the topic of diversity amongst children through the eyes of a young girl, who relates the color of people’s skin to her favorite kinds of food.īookshelf Genre: Multicultural Literatureīookshelf Mentor Writing Traits (explain one or two content integration ideas): Both books have a beautifully written text that brings light to the topic of skin tones, accompanied by wonderful illustrations. I would relate this book to another book titled, 'The Colors of Us,' by Karen Katz. The way it is written along with the beautiful illustrations, I would recommend this book to young readers struggling with accepting their own skin tones, and/or teachers who need a smooth transition into talking about a subject such as this. This book meant a lot to me in that I felt as though I could use this with younger children if we ever needed to talk about a topic such as different skin tones. From brownies, cakes, and caramel, to a friendship that seh refers to as 'cookies and cream,' this book is a light hearted way of breaking the barrier down when talking about different skin colors and loving the body you were given. This story compares skin colors with foods instead of with other people. In this heartfelt story depicting true appreciation for one's skin color, it emphasises the importance of not only accepting others, but accepting and loving yourself.

It relates to my children's book because it discusses the idea of race. Overall, this is a great story to empower young black children. This way the book represent a variety of cultural groups. I just wish that the author would have went deeper into the different shades of brown there were and possibly included more friends of different races. It made the story more inclusive for other cultural groups. Though, I did like how they included the white child in the story. The author just makes statements through out the book. Though, the book doesn't follow a typical story line. I liked how this book was easy to follow for a young reader and the illustrations made the story more intersting. The book concludes by basically stating that you should be proud of the skin you're in.

The author states how color doesn't mean anything, its what's on the inside that counts.

Towards the end of the story, the main character talks about their best friend, Shaun and how he's a lighter complexion.

On each page, the author describes the skin tone of a character and how it makes them 'one of a kind'. In this story, a young girl talks about how her skin is unique.

Baby Like Mine by LaTashia M. Perry