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

Book description

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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