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All the Colors We Are/Todos los colores de nuestra piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La historia de por qué tenemos diferentes colores de piel Hardcover – Illustrated, February 11, 2014

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Celebrate the essence of one way we are all special and different from one another—our skin color! This bilingual (English/Spanish) book offers children a simple, scientifically accurate explanation about how our skin color is determined by our ancestors, the sun, and melanin. It’s also filled with colorful photographs that capture the beautiful variety of skin tones. Reading this book frees children from the myths and stereotypes associated with skin color and helps them build positive identities as they accept, understand, and value our rich and diverse world. Unique activity ideas are included to help you extend the conversation with children.

Katie Kissinger, MA, is an author, activist, educator for social justice, and an early childhood education college instructor. She is founder and a board member of Threads of Justice Collective, an informal group of educators who work together to promote social and cultural justice for all children and families. Katie lives near Portland, Oregon.

Chris Bohnhoff earned a degree in English from Carleton College and then attended the Rocky Mountain School of Photography. Chris takes pictures in his hometown of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and beyond.

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160554079X
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978-1605540795
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"An incredibly superb example of how to handle the topic of skin color with simple truth and dignity. Such a respectful tribute to the intellect of young children!"
—Carol Brunson Day, early childhood education consultant

"An incredibly superb example of how to handle the topic of skin color with simple truth and dignity. Such a respectful tribute to the intellect of young children!"
―Carol Brunson Day, early childhood education consultant

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Katie Kissinger: Katie Kissinger, MA, is an author, activist, educator for social justice, and an early childhood education college instructor. She is founder and a board member of Threads of Justice Collective, an informal group of educators who work together to promote social and cultural justice for all children and families. Katie lives near Portland, Oregon. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social science and a master’s degree in human development.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Redleaf Press; 20th Anniversary edition (February 11, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 160554079X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605540795
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 3 - 6 years, from customers
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD490L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches

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ECE Consultant and Adjunct Faculty; anti-bias/anti-oppression educator for over 30 years. Author of “All the Colors We Are” Redleaf Press, 2014 and “Anti-bias Education in the Early Childhood Classroom”; Routledge Press 2017. Founding member of Threads of Justice Collective: an organization for facilitation and social change. MA Human Development from Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena, CA http://www.journeytowardjustice.org

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Michael J Bicak

THE book to own and share

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 13, 2022

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This is the most straightforward and honest book about skin color that I've ever seen. Easily digestible for kids of all ages and adults as well. Enjoy this beautiful book and share it widely.

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Susan D.

Perfect Introduction to “Race”

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 28, 2020

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This book is an excellent resource in the face of questions like, “Who’s black and who’s white?”

While children start noticing differences in appearance as early as toddlerhood, they learn the labels for and meaning of those differences from ADULTS. It is predictable that children would be confused by labels like “black” and “white” to describe people that are actually different shades of brown.

This book does an excellent job of explaining skin color as a matter of melanin and nothing more. While I plan to explain the social construction of race and issues of racism to my child at developmentally appropriate times, I realize that he is and will be exposed to concepts of race well before that. In that regard, I try to be intentional in the books I buy, shows he watches, etc. but also know there are areas of exposure I cannot completely control for (ie, the visual marketing all around us, school, teachers, other children). It’s predictable that most of what he’ll be exposed to during his earliest years outside our home will be misinformIng and confusing.

While race is a huge part of America’s history and existing culture, skin color is nothing more than varying amounts of melanin inherited from ancestors as a matter of physical environment. I view this book as a great introduction to and foundation for those later talks about race, specifically because it does NOT perpetuate the fallacy of race and talks about skin color accurately, clearly, and appropriately for younger years.

On top of that, it’s bilingual!!!

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S. Moore

Great read for my 3-year-old!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 3, 2020

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My preschooler really loves this book! I love how it explains how skin color is darker due to melanin. It has prompted my son to ask more questions about skin color and make statements about "melanin." We're an adoptive family, so I have to change the wording a little bit to say that we get our skin color from our "birth family and ancestors," but that's no problem. I love all the photos of real people and real families! It has made my son really notice people's skin color differences in a good way--in a "non-color blind" kind of way, which was the goal! A great addition to our library as we continue to try to diversify it.

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Prof mommy

Excellent intro to race for pre-K

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 23, 2021

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Bought this book for my 4 year old as a way to continue our conversation about race and difference. He has asked why we say people are black or white when they really aren’t. This book has a really straightforward approach to this question and the other factors that influence skin color (melanin, the sun, your parents, ancestors).

Preschoolers are absolutely already noting difference and being able to address it head on through this book is great. Major plus that it’s bilingual!

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AustraliatoVT

One of the best books on how we get our skin color!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 31, 2020

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This is the perfect book to teach children about how we get our different skin colors. It is factual in a simplistic way, easy enough for young children to comprehend. It also features beautiful photographs of children and families of many colors! I used this in my kindergarten and the students loved it. It also features Spanish words on each page.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 12, 2021

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Wonderful way to teach kids about skin color and the science behind why we have different shades of brown.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 7, 2016

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I was looking for books for my Kindergartner that would begin to introduce themes about race, skin color, etc in a factual, practical way. A lot of books dealing with these themes seamed either too mature for his age or else too babyish, with concepts of race, skin color, etc, shrouded in layers of metaphor. This book just explains all of the reasons why our skin color varies from person to person, and has a page where you can hold up your own hand to a spectrum of peaches, tans, and browns to see where you fit. My almost 5-y-o got it right away, and began talking about skin color in a healthy way after we read it together. I think this is a must-have in your collection if you want to take the mystery out of race for your children and introduce them early to the concept that we are all more similar than we are different. Highly recommend.

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Children's Lit Love

Terrific and informational book about skin color and melanin

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 14, 2020

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I believe this is a must-own book for both home and classroom libraries. We've had this book in our home library for a handful of years, and we all absolutely love it! It provides children with an age-appropriate and scientific understanding of melanin and various skin colors. There's nothing like hearing a child say, "Does your person have more melanin than me?" during an intense game of Guess Who?!

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