Shades of People
Illustrator
Shelley Rotner
Publisher
Holiday House
Publication Year
2010
ISBN
9780823421916
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
An author and photographer join forces in this pictorial essay on skin color, demonstrating the different appearances children can have, but reminding the reader that they are still children that enjoy the same things. Like a wrapped gift, the authors' message is that skin is just a covering and that you cannot tell what someone is like from the color of their skin.
Grade Level
PK-1
Lexile Measure
AD440L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Interracial; Biracial; interracial friendship; biracial children
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Awards
A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy, 2010
Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy, 2010
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2010
Kids Reading List, 2010
Notable Children's Books, 2010
The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection
Society of School Librarians International Book Awards, 2009, Honor Book, Social Studies (Grades K-6)
Keywords
skin color; photo essay; children; community; friendship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Rotner, Shelley and Kelly, Sheila M., "Shades of People" (2010). Diverse Families. 759.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/759