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The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
4.0

Age: Preschool - 2nd grade
Media: crayon and acrylic paint, perfect transfer for teacher-size copies
Illustrator Style: Large, full page pictures of people's faces to emphasize the beauty of various colors

After Lena declares that the color brown is just brown, her mother takes her to see all her friends of varying colored skin. Each skin color is celebrated with a positive and, sometimes, delicious depiction that inspires Lena to mix her paints to create all varying colors of brown.