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The Skin You Live In explores the concept of skin to encourage self-esteem and to celebrate the ways in which children are both unique and similar. While Csicsko's joyful, unique art, which takes imbalanced with proportion and point of view, shows children of diversities of skin colors engaged in different activities, the narrative encourages readers to look at their skin.
 
The Skin You Live In explores the concept of skin to encourage self-esteem and to celebrate the ways in which children are both unique and similar. While Csicsko's joyful, unique art, which takes imbalanced with proportion and point of view, shows children of diversities of skin colors engaged in different activities, the narrative encourages readers to look at their skin.
  
"The skin you have fun in it; the skin that you hop , skip and jump in the sun in, the skin that you run in it;." By pointing out what color the skin is ''not'' , subsequent verses affably emphasize that skin should not be discriminated "It's not dumb skin or clever skin, or keep us separate skin, or weak skin or super skin, I'm correct and you're not correct skin." The sentences that uses food-related metaphors as it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, double dip sundae supreme skin!" Portraying four smiling children, the concluding spread declares, "when we stand by each other side in our wonderful hues... We all make a beauty, so amazingly true. We are special and different and just the same, too!" The sentences that uses food-related metaphors as it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, double dip sundae supreme skin!" <ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9759580-0-1 The Skin You Live In]. Retrieved on January 1, 2021.</ref>
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"The skin you have got fun in it; the skin that you simply jump , skip and bounce within the sun within, the skin simply run in it;." By indicating out what color the skin is ''not'' , consequent verses amiably emphasize that skin ought to not be segregated "It's not idiotic skin or intelligent skin, or keep us partitioned skin, or frail skin or super skin, I'm rectify and you're not rectify skin." The sentences that employments food-related representations because it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, twofold plunge sundae preeminent skin!" Depicting four grinning children, the concluding spread announces, "when we stand by each other side in our brilliant tones... We all make a excellence, so incredibly genuine. We are uncommon and diverse and fair the same, as well!" The sentences that employments food-related allegories because it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, twofold plunge sundae preeminent skin!" <ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9759580-0-1 The Skin You Live In]. Retrieved on January 1, 2021.</ref>
  
 
== Anti-racism value ==
 
== Anti-racism value ==

Revision as of 12:36, 27 February 2021

The Skin You Live In book cover

The Skin You Live In is children's picture book written by Michael Tyler and illustrated by David Lee Csicsko. Published by Chicago Children’s Museum in 2005, this delightful picture book offers a wonderful venue through which parents and teachers can discuss important social concepts with their children. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, The Skin You Live In delivers an important message about race, inclusion, and social acceptance to young readers.[1]

Plot

The Skin You Live In explores the concept of skin to encourage self-esteem and to celebrate the ways in which children are both unique and similar. While Csicsko's joyful, unique art, which takes imbalanced with proportion and point of view, shows children of diversities of skin colors engaged in different activities, the narrative encourages readers to look at their skin.

"The skin you have got fun in it; the skin that you simply jump , skip and bounce within the sun within, the skin simply run in it;." By indicating out what color the skin is not , consequent verses amiably emphasize that skin ought to not be segregated "It's not idiotic skin or intelligent skin, or keep us partitioned skin, or frail skin or super skin, I'm rectify and you're not rectify skin." The sentences that employments food-related representations because it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, twofold plunge sundae preeminent skin!" Depicting four grinning children, the concluding spread announces, "when we stand by each other side in our brilliant tones... We all make a excellence, so incredibly genuine. We are uncommon and diverse and fair the same, as well!" The sentences that employments food-related allegories because it pays tribute to skin tones: "Your coffee and cream skin, your warm cocoa dream skin... Your chocolate chip, twofold plunge sundae preeminent skin!" [2]

Anti-racism value

The author, Michael Taylor, mentioned that ‘The Skin You Live In’ was written to promote self acceptance, and he thinks that by writing thid book right now where we’ve seen division on a magnitude that we haven’t seen since 1968, perhaps, that this book can be a tool for educators and parents to try to give that lesson to their children about acceptance. It's very important for the children to know that it's okay to be different. It is typical the book that the adults will loved to read, it gives them a little reflection of themselves. The illustrator, David Lee Csicsko, also says that the book is a “really gentle way to talk about important issues.[3]

References

  1. The Skin You Live In. Retrieved on January 1, 2021.
  2. The Skin You Live In. Retrieved on January 1, 2021.
  3. Vitali, Marc (2020). Children’s Book ‘The Skin You Live In’ Back in the Spotlight. Retrieved on January 1, 2021.