Skin Again by Hooks, Bell

From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a new way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers.
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.

Author: Bell Hooks
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/06/2017
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.55h x 8.20w x 0.30d
ISBN: 9781484799239
Audience: Ages 4-8

Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2017 pg. 138
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
A world-renowned cultural critic, feminist theorist, and intellectual, bell hooks is a distinguished author and professor of English. She has written several acclaimed children's books including Be Boy Buzz, Skin Again and Happy to Be Nappy, all illustrated by Chris Raschka.

Chris Raschka is the Caldecott-Award-winning illustrator of The Hello Goodbye Window and A Ball for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? and has written and illustrated numerous books for children, among them four by bell hooks. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.