The Skin You Live In

by Michael Tyler

Hardcover, 2005

Status

Available

Call number

571

Collections

Children's Books, Flint/ Genesee, Diversity & Inclusion

Publication

Chicago Children's Museum (2005), 32 pages

Description

With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's activities for all cultures, such as swimming in the ocean, hugging, catching butterflies, and eating birthday cake are also provided. This delightful picturebook offers a wonderful venue through which parents and teachers can discuss important social concepts with their children.

User reviews

LibraryThing member cristi.betanc

This is a great book to talk about diversity in a physical sense, like skin color and disability.

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LibraryThing member booo2893

-No Award
-K-2nd
-This book is about how many different people have different colored skins.
-this book is good to teach children diversity and show them that everyone is different in their own way.
-the kids can make their own self portrait of themselves and compare and contrast each others
-they can

write down the differences and similarities

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LibraryThing member DanaLD

This multicultural picture book is touching as well as catchy. The rhyme and rhythm make the book fun to listen to but its meaning is very clear....all people are important and wonderful, no matter what they look like on the outside. It's the inside that counts. This would be a great book for

younger grades.

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LibraryThing member TriciaETaylor

With rhyme and colorful pictures, about being themselves and accepting others for themselves. It teaches kids about how people come in different shades and colors.

LibraryThing member caitlinsnead

prose. Vivid illustrations of children's activities for all cultures, such as swimming in the ocean, hugging, catching butterflies, and eating birthday cake are also provided. This delightful picturebook offers a wonderful venue through which parents and teachers can discuss important social concepts with their children.

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LibraryThing member Kbenis1

I absolutely loved this book, it was a large poem about how important our skin is. It is what we do everything in like : "The skin that you beam in; the skin that you scream in; the skin that dream about eating ice cream in." The poem talks about how everyone has different types and shades of skin

and they actually compared it to a bunch of different types of food like: mountain high apple pie skin, ginger snapped cinnamon spice skin or caramel corn nice skin. On every page was a different illustration of someone with a different shade of skin with different hair, faces and hair. Near the end it talks about how our skin does not define us. It does not mean that we are sad, sporty, bad, rich or poor, right or wrong skin or she is better and you are lesser skin. It finishes with that the reader is more than they seem they are all that we think and all that we hope and dream. I love the flow of this book and the overall message that a physical appearance does not define us but rather we are that our skin holds the 'You' within it. Definitely one of my favorite books so far.

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LibraryThing member LindseyGreenlaw

Social concepts and children in different cultures doing different activities
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LibraryThing member jjones58

This book is a simple text that rhymes. The main purpose of this text is to teach young children to accept others. The first thing that stood out to me was the illustrations. The illustrator drew people of all different cultures and races. It is a great tool to pair with a lesson that introduces

social acceptance of others to beginner readers. I also love the rhyming in this book. The quote "The skin you laugh in; the skin you cry in; the skin that you look to the sky and and ask, why in." gives an example of the rhyming scheme that will entertain and engage children while still teaching a very strong message.

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LibraryThing member molliewaugh

I loved this book! The book is formatted as a poem. It teaches students to accept and love people of all races. They even show a blended family (black dad, white mom). On each page, there was a person with a different color of skin. I really liked this because no matter whom the reader was, they

could still relate to the story. I enjoyed the illustrations because they were vivid, straight forward and to the point. Throughout the text, certain words were written in different colored font, for example, “It’s whatever you do skin, be happy it’s your skin.” All of the “colored” words were positive and upbeat. I realized that you could turn just the “colored” words into a shorter, fun poem, as well. On the last page of the book, people of all races were shown. It is a very powerful book and it ends with the verse, “ and look at the shades it comes in—the shades of your colorful skin!” Overall, this a great book about acceptance and self-confidence.

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LibraryThing member Karen_Curtis_Wood

A book about accepting everyone for their color of skin.

LibraryThing member cmbeck

This book shows illustrations of children doing activities of all cultures. It will help parents to discuss social concepts with their children.

Ages 2 and up
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LibraryThing member christina.h

This was an endearing book, and kept my three kiddos (ages 5, 7, and 9) engaged during the short read. My seven year old was pleased to be the one to read it aloud, and the book absolutely was a good tool when my five year old to better understand the importance of embracing the color of each

other's skin.

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