Chocolate Me! by Taye Diggs

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Chocolate Me! was written by Taye Diggs. This is one of recommended book to read to the children to talk about the skin color and it's okay to have different color skins.

Summary

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The boy is teased for looking different than the other children. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wanted to be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is.

For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me! This book based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as children. Now, both of them are fathers and see more than ever the need for a picture book that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves. [1]

Pros

Ciera as an aunt of 4-year-old gave the her review about this book. She said that this book helps Chase embrace his difference. Just like Taye Diggs, he is Black, but that doesn’t mean he should have low self-esteem. It helps Chase realize that his differences are perfectly okay and that he should be proud of his Black skin. [2]

This book has a great illustrations. It is great for teaching younger children to appreciate the way that they are and that they do not have to fit in or look like everyone else. This book is great for all ages, because it gets the message across and the message is very easy and clear. The author, Taye Diggs, wrote this book for his son. It's lovely that it has a bit of rhyming words and compares the student skin color to food, which in the book makes the child happy. In the book his mom compares his skin color to chocolate, well most people love chocolate. This book is relatable. Genres: fictional, diversity, and helps with depression. [3] 


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