Skin Again by Bell Hooks

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Skin Again by Bell Hooks made to celebrates people’s diversity, discusses ethnicity, and examines identity through vibrant illustrations and simple rhyming lines. [1]   

Summary

The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide.

Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside. Looking beyond skin, going straight to the heart, we find in each other the treasures stored down deep. Learning to cherish those treasures, to be all we imagine ourselves to be, makes us free.

This award-winning book, celebrates all that makes us unique and different and offers a strong, timely and timeless message of loving yourself and others. [2]

Pros

This is a good book to learn about the color of the skins. It teaches to look past the color of one's skin and to see ourselves past the color of the skin. Using this book in the classroom will help build a strong group of individuals who see each other for their heart not their outward appearance. It is very important for students to see each other for who they are, but also to see themselves as more than their skin color, hair color, or another feature that people can use to categorize. It is such a wonderful story that tells the important point of view of looking deeper than just a person's skin color. This book also has several hidden meaning illustrations, which ultimately take the book to the next level. [3]

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