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Chocolate Me! Paperback – Picture Book, October 6, 2015
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A timely book about how it feels to be teased and taunted, and how each of us is sweet and lovely and delicious on the inside, no matter how we look.
The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is.
For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of being African American, feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for a picture book that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 2
- Dimensions8.5 x 0.1 x 10.5 inches
- PublisherSquare Fish
- Publication dateOctober 6, 2015
- ISBN-101250068010
- ISBN-13978-1250068019
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“With its universal themes of wanting to fit in, self-acceptance, and self-esteem, this read-aloud offering is sure to strike a chord with many young readers/listeners, and on a variety of subjects, not just race.” ―School Library Journal
“Taye Diggs can act and sing, and now he proves he can write. With Chocolate Me!, the affable Diggs makes an assured foray into the children's book category. Lavishly illustrated by Shane W. Evans, Chocolate embraces a difficult topic with wide arms: colorism.” ―Essence
“Actor Diggs, making his children's book debut, gives an unvarnished take on the emotional impact of taunting that cuts to the core of one's identity… Evans makes the hero's journey to confidence irresistible, with bighearted, stylized pictures that draw on the emotionally exuberant vocabulary of street art and anime.” ―Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Shane W. Evans studied at Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts and graduated in 1993 and began traveling the world. In addition to contract work in illustration, graphic design and web design for major companies, Evans has conceptualized and illustrated numerous children’s books. Many of the books have been featured in the media such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, NBA Inside Stuff, Reading Rainbow and Late Night with David Letterman. Shane has received much acclaim within the children’s literary field for his work on children’s books such as "Osceola," "The Way The Door Closes," "Shaq and the Beanstalk" and "Take It To The Hoop Magic Johnson." His accolades range from being honored by First Lady Laura Bush at the 2002 National Book Festival, The Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction for Children.
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- Publisher : Square Fish; Illustrated edition (October 6, 2015)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1250068010
- ISBN-13 : 978-1250068019
- Reading age : 2 - 6 years, from customers
- Grade level : 1 - 2
- Item Weight : 5.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.1 x 10.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #54,459 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I like how the little Afrikan boy’s mom helped him see how handsome and delicious his mahogany skin is correlating it to yummy chocolate cupcakes. Reminds me so much of my husband and my talks with our children.
While empowering, I suggest the storyline reflects the Afrikan mom engaging the white children’s parents about social justice—nurturing their white children to be anti-racist starting with THEIR creatively making the situation right with chocolate cupcakes instead of the pressure being placed on the little Afrikan child (a member of a historically oppressed group by the white children and their parents’ group) to smooth things over with an offering. That is the accountability high road is a major talking point with our children.
We always encourage our children to tell us when teasing happens. We’ve learned to engage their friends’ parents and the school. One of the best things white parents and white school administrators and staff can do is decolonize themselves so their children (and they) are empowered to make humane, life giving decisions—most importantly using their white privilege to destroy injustice and replace it with justice. Yep, there are a lot of uncomfortable pink faces when this happens but you know what, the Afrikan child was made to feel uncomfortable by his white peers so it is quite alright to let them and their parents sit in the discomfort of being corrected.
Hopefully a revised edition is published with this very important factor taken into serious consideration. Racism uninterrupted is reproduced in our schools and homes. We must be real about this—even in children books because real black lives are being murdered extra-judiciously. Books should model the ways we should go about handling these complex situations unapologetically because not everyone is empowered with the tools to do so.
I gave it two stars because it was one of the higher quality board books I’d seen and the artwork was done well. The storyline and the audience matching was severely skewed.
I’ll start by saying that I’m a big fan of representation in children’s books and my son has several great books where the main character looks like him. This book’s depressing focus is on a young black boy who is bullied by his dark complexion by white children and how he recovers his sense of self. Inspiring indeed but I’m not reading that to my infant/toddler.
First, to even suggest one’s skin color is something to be made fun of before it ever happens is problematic and opens the door to self consciousness. Second, it suggests white children he is yet to meet may ultimately bully him into feeling bad about himself - or something to watch out for. I’m as “woke” as anyone (even woker), but this is counterproductive on so many levels. Lastly, if a slightly older child was actually bullied (and I’m no psychologist mind you), it seems to me this story line would relive the trama each time.
At any rate, it feels like the audience was teens/adults who were bullied for their complexion as a young child and were looking at this book as a coping mechanism. Perhaps is the book was reframed that way, it would be better.
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