Seven-year-old Lena and her mother observe the variations in the color of their friends' skin, viewed in terms of foods and things found in nature. Seen from an artist' s point of view, skin colors are subtle, varied-and cause for celebration Karen Katz created this book for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago. But when Lena and her mother take a walk through their neighborhood, Lena sees that there are many different shades and tones of brown. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. Mom says she could eat me up.'' Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Hardcover. 6-8) - Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP.
Lena realizes that every shade is beautiful, then mixes her paints accordingly for portraits of her friends``The colors of us!'' Bold illustrations celebrate diversity with a child's open-hearted sensibility and a mother's love. Pellegrino, the color of pizza crust, golden brown.
Mom says she could eat me up'' she learns during a painting lesson that to get the color brown, she will have to ``mix red, yellow, black, and white paints.'' They go for a walk to observe the many shades of brown: they see Sonia, who is the color of creamy peanut butter Isabella, who is chocolate brown Lucy, both peachy and tan Jo-Jin, the color of honey Kyle, ``like leaves in fall'' Mr. The objective of this lesson was for students to learn our AFIA school family is complete of a variety of skin tones, all unique and beautiful, and together we create one collaborative community of learners, friends, and family.This vibrant, thoughtful book from Katz (Over the Moon, 1997) continues her tribute to her adopted daughter, Lena, born in Guatemala. The days following, the scholars revisited the book and began to create a class quilt, which displayed the colors of our classroom, as well as the quotes from each student depicting what their skin tone reminded them of. Lena and her mother compare the skin colors to different types of food, beginning with her mother who tells Lena that she is the color of cinnamon and that she could just eat her up! When finished reading the story, the scholars took a look at their own skin tones and decided what their color and tone reminded them of and then shared out with the class. The story was based on a seven-year-old girl named Lena who takes a walk around her city with her mother and takes note of the many people in her life who all have a beautiful and unique tone and color to their skin.
To help us learn about and celebrate the diversity of our kindergarten classroom, we did a mini-lesson studying the book, “ The Colors of Us,” by Karen Katz.
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