Shades of People

I absolutely love how the color of people's skin is described in this simple concept book. The skin is not described as colors, but shades, like mocha or almond, or rosy, I think this helps to share that skin color is not one color or another, but on a gradaded scale of colors, one sliding into the

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next. Each shade of person, in this case it's children, is in this book and they are doing common everyday activities that even very young children will recognize. This book makes the statement that diversity is wonderful and it is all around us, but in a very subtle and thoughtful way children will respond to.

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This is a must read! I absolutely love this story. The real life pictures bring the text to life. This is a great book to read when teaching diversity and equality. Skin color is just "wrapping paper" and you can't judge someone based on their skin. You need to get to know someone before you pass

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judgement.

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I thought this book was excellent. I love how the author reffered to skin in shades instead of "color". Throughout this book there are very few but meaningful words. The pictures used in the book are of real people which can help children understand race better. These kids of young ages are seen

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doing various activities like playing in the sand or just with their families or friends. The author shows throughout the book that one can't judge someone by the shade of their skin. I really liked that the author reffered to skin in shades instead of "color". Throughout this book there are very few but meaningful words. The pictures used in the book are of real people. These kids of young ages are seen doing different activities like playing in the sand or just with their families or friends. The author shows throughout the book that one can't judge someone by the shade of their skin because she shows different kinds of families that may have adopted their children or so on. Rotner makes it clear that a shade is just a wrapping or layer of your body but that there is so much more inside. I would recommend this book to parents and teachers in order to open up the topic of race to children who do see the differences. I would use this book with younger students so as to begin thinking and realizing that we are all still people regardless of our shades. My personal reaction was that the pictures were very well taken. The pictures were chosen wisely and they really grabbed my attention.

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This book is about the different colors of the human skin and how that has nothing to do with who we are inside. An awesome concept book to discuss racism and discrimination and also teach about different cultures!
Reading Journal: count as 1 Wordless, ABC, Concept or Counting Book.

Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like. (Book Summary)

This book represents all people through beautiful photographs of children from all cultural backgrounds. It uses descriptive words such as; "almond" and "copper" to communicate the various shades of skin people can have. This book visually engages and displays how everyone is the same even if the

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shade of their skin is different from their friends, or the other people in the world. It takes a mature subject and simplifies it for children so that they understand that each one of us is unique but alike in the same respect.

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Definite read! This book helps children look beyond color and makes them realize no matter what shade we are all people first!

book shows that people come in many different shades of skin. ages 2 to 5

Beautiful photographs of "shades" of people's skin colors. Gives color descriptions of colors of skin.You can't tell what someone is like from the color of their skin. Within same families.school, park playground beach, city.

I loved how this book showed a variety of different people of different 'shades'. This is a great book to read to young children so they can understand that there are people that look a lot different from what they see everyday. I would definitely read this to my students reagardless of what age.

This is a great book to read to children so they can learn how people are different but we are all still the same. It is a great way to make all the students in the classroom feel involved.

This book is great for the world around us today. As our country and communities around us become more and more diverse, it is important to raise kids with awareness of that. This book really emphasizes that shade of skin does not affect a person's personality or worth, that it doesn't define them.

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It also is colorful, engaging in appearance, and engaging in content by relating the people in it to every day childhood experiences such as the park, or at school.

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This concept book for children is spectacular. If we teach children nothing else, then it should be that the color of someone's skin doesn't matter. Adults should read this book with their children. The author does a wonderful job of portraying all skin types as beautiful and explaining that we

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can't judge someone by their skin. And the live photographs of the children are so darn cute.

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Shades of People is a great book about the different colors of people. It begins by introducing children as having different coverings, and how your skin does not tell what you're like on the inside. It is fun because it uses lots of descriptive words to describe the color of people's skin. The

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genre is an informational text.

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Shades of People is a sweet book about all the different kinds of people in the world. It has pictures of children on every page and of all different colors. It goes through different shades of skin like, peach, or gold. It shows that there are more than just the basic skin colors out there, that

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there are shades of colors. I would use this in a very young class just to talk about the different shades that we have in the class. Or I would make it availiable to my students if they were curious about the people around them. Genre: informational

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Personal Response: This picture book is a wonderful complement to other picture books. It follows the thought path that if all trees were the same, it would be boring.

Curricular or Programming Connections: The program of patriotism, heritage, world peace day, could be added to with this book.

This book was an informational book about all the different people in this world. It was informational because it showed children form all around the world and shared about each one of them. The book described each "shade" of person and talked about how there are more color of skin other than just

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"black" and "white".

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An educational book about how skin color varies among races. Illustrations shows kids of different races and skin tones.

This book is about how children are all different colors. This book teaches not to judge someone by the way they look. The book even calls skin "wrapping paper" because you never know what is inside. I would love to read this book to a classroom because it has such a great message.

a great way to show children that

I love that this book teaches about diversity. The pictures in this book are photos of real people, and it teaches the idea everyone is unique and different, and that it is OKAY. I read this book to my Pre-K class, who was really receptive to it. They had a lot of questions and insight in our

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discussion after the book. I thought it was just lovely.

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This a great book for younger students to understand the basic differences in people. One of the third grade classes I volunteer in used this book to help decide what skin tone their imaginary characters would have.

Simple text and big color photographs describe how people come in different shades. A concrete introduction to tolerance and acceptance for preschoolers.

Shades of People has simple narration and real-life photographs of children and families. It discusses skin color in kid-friendly, life-valuing language, using lovely words to describe all the shades of people one might see.