Name: The Color of Your Skin
Price: 17.56 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Desirée Acevedo
ISBN: 9788419464439

Type

Physical Book

Author

Desirée Acevedo

Illustrated by

Silvia Álvarez

Publisher

Cuento de Luz SL

Language

English

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

25.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9788419464439

Edited in

España

Synopsis "The Color of Your Skin"

An entertaining yet creative way to address and celebrate diversity among young children. Like a multicolor pencil palette, what defines human beings is their uniqueness and their diversity.Vega and her colored pencils are inseparable. Together they create the most impressive drawings that are showcased in the best museum in the world: the refrigerator at home. Vega uses all the colors you can imagine for her drawings: red, yellow, blue, gold, and more.One day at school, Vega is immersed in one of her new creations when her friend Alex stops by, and peers into the box of pencils Vega had on her table. "Can you lend me the skin-colored pencil, please?" he asks.Skin-colored? Vega and Alex wonder why there is such a color in the box.With curiosity and creativity they explore the diversity skin tones of the people around them, and discover that the "skin-color" can have not just one, but a thousand shades.

Desirée Acevedo

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Desirée Acevedo has been passionate about writing and drawing since she was young, she graduated in teaching with a specialization in Primary Education. Illustrated albums combine her three passions: writing stories, illustrating them, and finding the lesson that each reading contributes.

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