Explores the many different shades of human skin, and points out that skin is just a covering that does not reveal what someone is like inside.

In this loving ode to the color brown, a boy describes the many hues of his family.

Joyful young narrators celebrate feeling at home in one's own skin.

On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in the wilderness that are brown, too. Includes instructions on how to make a scrapbook.

"The very first Crayon Activist presents this picture book in which she spreads a message of inclusivity, empowerment and the importance of inspiring the next generation of leaders through The Peach Project and crayons"--

"Amitra and Kiki get dressed for their siblings' weddings while enduring family nitpicks about lightening cream, sun rays, and the skin-darkening effects of the color yellow. Luckily, Amitra's mother has a lesson or two to teach about that! With the support and empowerment of their moms, the sunflower sisters are two strong, confident South Asian and Nigerian girls finding joy in their own skin"--

The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. The skin I'm in is just a covering. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide. Celebrating all that makes us unique and different, [this book] offers new ways to talk about race and identity. 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...

This volume is filled with all the things little brown boys love. Featured in Netflix Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices. The books featured in the series were chosen using a social justice education framework that focused on concepts of identity, respect, justice, and action.

"When a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mother shows her all the wonderful, beautiful things brown can be! This message of self-love and acceptance uses rich, dreamy illustrations to celebrate the color using all the senses: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing" --

"Vega y sus l̀pices de colores eran inseparables. Juntos creaban los dibujos m̀s impresionantes que luego colgaban en el mejor museo del mundo: la nevera de casa. Sus pinturas conten̕an todos los colores que os pod̀is imaginar: rojo, amarillo, azul, dorado... En el colegio, Vega estaba sumergida en una de sus nuevas creaciones cuando su amigo ℓlex se acerc̤ a ella y, mirando la caja de colores que ten̕a Vega, le pregunt̤: ¿Me dejas el color...