Skin, Skin, Wonderful Skin

About the Book

Have you noticed how different we are? There are brown people, black people, white, yellow, tan and red. No one is exactly the same.

In author Danby Whitmore's Skin, Skin Wonderful Skin, you will learn how wonderful it is to accept and appreciate people whose skin is not like ours. Can you imagine how boring it would be if we all looked alike?

With illustrations by Adam Truitt, you'll enjoy this celebration of our differences.

About the Author

Danby Whitmore realized how biased ads, church illustrations, and text book illustrations were and that they did not reflect our full humanity. She wants to open our eyes to the rainbow of color that is our world. She lives on the North Shore of Boston and is the author of Turkey Comes to Breakfast.

Adam Truitt earned a bachelor of fine arts from MassART. He works in illustration, sculpture, and film. He lives in Ipswich, Massachusetts.