The Colors of Us

The Colors of Us
Author(s): Karen Katz

A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist's perspective.

Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. She wants to use brown paint for her skin. But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.

Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people.

Karen Katz created The Colors of Us for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago.

Review(s):
“Bold illustrations celebrate diversity with a child's open-hearted sensibility and a mother's love.” —Kirkus Reviews

Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award, Winner Kansas Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award, Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award (KS Reading Association), NCSS-CBC Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Winner NCSS-CBC NotableTrade-Soc.Stdy, Winner FL Reading Assoc Children's Book Award

ISBN:  9780805071634