Book cover of All The Colors We Are / Todos los colores de nuestra piel: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color/La historia de por que tenemos diferentes colores de piel

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The essential resource for 20 years!

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…

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1 author picked All The Colors We Are / Todos los colores de nuestra piel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I love this book because it is photographs showing real kids and real skin colors.

I also love that it is bilingual. I like that it offers information about our ancestors and how geography makes a difference in your skin color because of the amounts of sun and melanin. It also includes activity ideas.

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