Happy in Our Skin
Illustrator
Lauren Tobia
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9780763670023
Pages
32 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Bouquets of babies sweet to hold: cocoa-brown, cinnamon, and honey gold. Ginger-coloured babies, peaches and cream, too--splendid skin for me, splendid skin for you! A delightfully rhythmical read-aloud text is paired with bright, bustling art from the award-winning Lauren Tobia, illustrator of Anna Hibiscus, in this joyful exploration of the new skin of babyhood.
Grade Level
PK-1
Lexile Measure
AD540L
Diversity Topics
Racial Diversity; Culture/Ethnicity; Disability and Health; Biracial; Interracial; Multicultural; Physical disability; biracial child; interracial family; interracial marriage; multicultural community; wheelchair user
Main Character
multiple
Race/Ethnicities
multiple
Family Formation
multiple
Awards
Cybils Awards, 2015, Nominee, Fiction Picture Book
Best Children's Books of the Year, 2016 Ages 5 and under
Best of the Best Books, 2015 Picture Book
Choices, 2016 Picture Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschooler
Keywords
skin; babies; playing; park; Islam; Judaism; rhyming; block party; community
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Manushkin, Fran and Tobia, Lauren, "Happy in Our Skin" (2015). Diverse Families. 397.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/397