Skin AgainSkin Again
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Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First paper-over-board edition, All copies in use.Book, 2017
Current format, Book, 2017, First paper-over-board edition, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsThe Caldecott Award-winning illustrator of A Ball for Daisy joins an acclaimed author to celebrate diversity, discuss race and examine identity through vibrant artwork and simple rhyming tales that encourage young readers to look beyond skin tone to find and cherish the treasures stored deep inside each person. 20,000 first printing.
<div><b>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.</b></div><i><div><i><br></i></div>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.</i><br><br>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.<br><br>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.
<div><b>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.</b></div><i><div><i><br></i></div>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.</i><br><br>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.<br><br>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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