The Color of Your Skin - by Desirée Acevedo

Book Synopsis

An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Like a multicolor pencil palette, what defines human beings is their uniqueness and their diversity.Vega and her colored pencils are inseparable. Together they create the most impressive drawings that are showcased in the best museum in the world: the refrigerator at home. Vega uses all the colors you can imagine for her drawings: red, yellow, blue, gold, and more.One day at school, Vega is immersed in one of her new creations when her friend Alex stops by, and peers into the box of pencils Vega had on her table. "Can you lend me the skin-colored pencil, please?" he asks.Skin-colored? Vega and Alex wonder why there is such a color in the box.With curiosity and creativity they explore the diversity skin tones of the people around them, and discover that the "skin-color" can have not just one, but a thousand shades.

Review Quotes

"The Color of Your Skin is a beautiful picture book in which the protagonists discover that the "skin-color" has more than one shade and that diversity enriches us in a world where there is room for all races and colors." --Infantilandia

"Author and illustrator team Desirée Acevedo and Silvia Álvarez have produced a beautiful exploration of the colors of humanity. The illustrations are colorful and rich and the story is detailed and thought provoking. Above all the text strives to impart the message that skin-tone isn't just one color, it's many." --School Library Connection

"A vibrant picture book, where the expressiveness of each brushstroke takes us even deeper into the story. Fantastic for introducing topics like racism, diversity, coexistence. Undoubtedly an important book to share both at home and in the classroom for its thought-provoking and enriching content." --La Cuentería Respetuosa