tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912649234542008452.post6543602719737668174..comments2023-10-30T07:26:59.446-04:00Comments on Coloring Between the Lines: Books on Skin Color & RaceAnne Sibley O'Brienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07084188995698656091noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912649234542008452.post-89771351166965570282011-06-09T02:59:21.213-04:002011-06-09T02:59:21.213-04:00Hi Anne, I loved your piece in the SCBWI Bulletin....Hi Anne, I loved your piece in the SCBWI Bulletin. It really got me thinking.<br /><br />This blog made me think about one time when I was teaching art to kindergarteners in New York, and one of the children said "Can you pass me a skin colour crayon?" and the child passed them a brown one, and the little girl said "That's not skin colour - oh" realising she'd taken a crayon from an African-American child, whose idea of "skin colour" was brown. From then on I've encouraged children not to define "skin colour" as a colour, because skin can be any colour, and I've never ever forgotten it.<br /><br />It's so interesting to think about race from a child's point of view and to hear the dialogue of this encounter... even at 5 years old they were processing their differences, and I was proud to see that they handled it with such a maturity. Just really interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912649234542008452.post-78089547719746574972011-06-06T13:15:40.249-04:002011-06-06T13:15:40.249-04:00Thanks for the suggestion, Reena. I wasn't fam...Thanks for the suggestion, Reena. I wasn't familiar with this book and have ordered it from the library.Anne Sibley O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07084188995698656091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912649234542008452.post-64825509675246335462011-06-02T13:40:16.457-04:002011-06-02T13:40:16.457-04:00"The skin I'm in" by Pat Thomas talk..."The skin I'm in" by Pat Thomas talks directly about racism. I think the age is 4-8 years. I am reading it in bits to my 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 year olds.Reenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07119020258638171080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5912649234542008452.post-84873649733897786902011-05-16T12:13:48.702-04:002011-05-16T12:13:48.702-04:00That is interesting book thanks for shareThat is interesting book thanks for <a href="http://parenting-learn.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">share</a>stevesatrianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123036206622491100noreply@blogger.com