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Skin Again Hardcover – Picture Book, October 25, 2004

by bell hooks (Author), Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
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From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a new way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers.



The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.

Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside. Looking beyond skin, going straight to the heart, we find in each other the treasures stored down deep. Learning to cherish those treasures, to be all we imagine ourselves to be, makes us free.

This award-winning book, celebrates all that makes us unique and different and offers a strong, timely and timeless message of loving yourself and others.
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    Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  4. Publication date
    October 25, 2004
  5. Grade level
    Preschool and up
  6. Dimensions
    9.38 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    078680825X
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0786808250
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Kindergarten-Grade 4–As they did in Happy to Be Nappy (1999) and Be Boy Buzz (2002, both Hyperion), hooks and Raschka have created a verbal and visual celebration. This time the subject is skin, both what it is and, more importantly, what it is not. "The skin I'm in/is just a covering./If you want to know who I am/you have got to come inside/and open your heart way wide." While the message comes across loud and clear, the author's deft handling of language renders it gently persuasive rather than didactic. Raschka's impressionistic pictures amplify the theme as they shift from large, bold cartoons showing the outside of both white and black children, and then move to the inner patchwork of thoughts and feelings that make up "real" individuals. The illustrations will invite lengthy study, as Raschka shows the children passing through the various boxes as they reach inside to know each other and then come outside to see skin again with fresh eyes. Whether shared with a group or one-on-one, this is an excellent vehicle to initiate discussion on a sensitive and perennially important subject.–Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
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PreS-Gr. 2. The poet and the artist who created Happy to be Nappy! (1999) and Be Boy Buzz (2002) take on another big identity issue with exuberant, playful imagery that will open discussion. The simple words spell out the overt message ("If you want to know who I am / you have got to come / inside"), and the pictures move from big, full-page portraits of kids with various skin colors to patchwork-style pages showing all the shifting bits and pieces inside each individual. Raschka's images, in many colors and shapes, shows everything from active children; winging birds; and a smiling snake to arms reaching out and dancing feet. The art vividly celebrates history and the realism, fun, and fantasy inside each one of us--the dreams of "all the way I imagine me." This is about skin color, but it's also about diversity within a group and within one child, and about finding the story inside the stereotype. Hazel Rochman
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (October 25, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 078680825X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0786808250
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 16 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.38 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches
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    bell hooks is a cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of our nation's leading public intellectual by The Atlantic Monthly, as well as one of Utne Reader's 100 Visionaries Who Could Change Your Life, she is a charismatic speaker who divides her time among teaching, writing, and lecturing around the world. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks is now a Distinguished Professor of English at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of more than seventeen books, including All About Love: New Visions; Remembered Rapture: The Writer at Work; Wounds of Passion: A Writing Life; Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood; Killing Rage: Ending Racism; Art on My Mind: Visual Politics; and Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life. She lives in New York City.

    Photo by Alex Lozupone (Tduk) (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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    Chris Raschka is the Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A BALL FOR DAISY and THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW. He is also the illustrator of YO! YES? (which won a Caldecott Honor), SOURPUSS AND SWEETIE PIE, CHARLIE PARKER PLAYED BE BOP, and FARMY FARM. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

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Jenn
5.0 out of 5 stars IN A WORLD CONSUMED with LOOKS, THIS SUPER ENTERTAINING BOOK TEACHES KIDS TO LOOK WITHIN
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024
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We're more than just our skin shows you! IN A WORLD CONSUMED WITH LOOKS, pictures & images, THIS SUPER ENTERTAINING BOOK TEACHES KIDS AT AN EARLY AGE TO LOOK WITHIN THEMSELVES & OTHERS.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant---for those 2 to 202! Verbal art & visual art in their purest forms.
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2008
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I can't say enough good about this work. This is an example of two talented people who collaborated to create a work of art, far greater than simply the sum of "writing" plus "illustrating." This is magic. It is honest. It is challenging. And it's totally life- and spirit-affirming! It is not to be missed.

The message and presentation are absolutely not "dumbed down" for kids! (Thank you, thank you!!!) Yet it IS accessible to the preschool set. At the same time, I can imagine this book used with great success as a learning tool/discussion starter with older kids---and even on college campuses and in adult workshops!

Bell Hook's poem goes straight to the heart of the matter---what does define a person? And how do I understand who I am and who you are? Chris Raschka's illustrations reflect the complexity (and simplicity!) of this particular mystery.

What a joy to make a "find" like this!
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Jen Collins
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
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As a scholar I have known and read many of bell hooks works. In this very critical time in history as we are reminded of all the daily hate and blatant racism that is continuing to plague the U.S., THIS book is a much needed book for young persons to understand compassion.
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saundra koontz
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book
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encourages children to look beyond simple sink color and really get to know each other. I wish there was a version for adults.
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Robbie McDuff
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for our church library!
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019
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Every library needs diverse books and this is a good one for young children.
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bluealderfer
4.0 out of 5 stars ... we need to respect those differences rather than make fun of them
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
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This is a simple way to talk with younger students about our differences and why we need to respect those differences rather than make fun of them.
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ADHESQ
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Book for All Ages
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2016
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Beautiful book about ethnic and color diversity without even using those words. In a fun and easy to understand way, teaches kids - and reminds adults - that looks don't matter.
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MMJA
5.0 out of 5 stars We love this book
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2016
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We love this book! It is a great introduction to a discussion about the different judgments we experience based on what people perceive about us, without knowing our story.
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Cody
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, incredible author
Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2019
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Every child needs this book
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5.0 out of 5 stars bell hooks is wonderful.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2017
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A wonderful way to learn how to be with other human beings. I love bell hooks.
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Nabu
1.0 out of 5 stars Strange book - avoid this one!
Reviewed in Canada on March 16, 2020
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Bought this as our four year old son started asking lots of questions about why some people have different skin. Unfortunately this book wasn’t helpful in the least. Very hard to follow and many sentences that just made zero sense to our son, and honestly just seemed really strange to us as parents. I would avoid this one!
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