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All the Colors of the Earth

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All the Colors of the Earth

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Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United States on July 23, 2021

I love this broader perspective of how our skin tones match the wonderful hues in nature. It’s such a natural concept for understanding our different skin colors that represent such a minuscule aspect of our genetics and humanity. Wish I had heard this book as a child. It goes wonderfully with a song “we are made of the colors of earth” and the song is extra fun with sign language .

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K. TillisReviewed in the United States on February 20, 2003

I was told about this masterpiece by a dear friend of mine - it is one of her young son's very favorite stories and hers as well. I purchased this book from amazon about 18 months ago (right before my daughter was born) and have kept it on my nightstand ever since. I cannot bear to put this book anywhere else as I love to flip through the pages when the mood suits me - I absolutely adore the illustrations (which are based upon breath-taking canvas oil paintings) and the lyircal verse is abolutely perfect. My favorite verses: "The tinkling pinks of tiny seashells by the rumbling sea" and "Love is amber and ivory and ginger ans sweet". My favorite illustrations: "roaring bear" & "soaring eagle" and "amber, ivory, ginger" (it looks exactly like my family!). While this book is perfect for multicultural families (many images of "mixed " families) like my own, it most definitely is a book for EVERYONE! Everything about this book is wonderful: the message, the verse, the illustrations - the stunning simplicity of it all : "children come in all the colors of love, in endless shades of you and me".

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diva341Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2012

Here's something I didn't expect - my baby boy adores this book. It's one of a select number of books he will sit and listen to all the way through (he's 11 months old now, and he has been listening to this attentively for at least four or five months). There's not a lot of text on each page, and the language is lyrical, and the pictures are beautiful, and it obviously strikes a chord with him -- he starts squirming part way through Dr. Seuss, but he wants this one again and again. I wouldn't have thought of this as a book for a baby -- I first read it to him on a whim when he pulled it off the shelf one day and handed it to me -- but I'm very pleased he likes it so much, and while I was a little ambivalent about the text when I first got it, thinking it was a little sappy, I've found it stands up well to repeated readings (repeated = every night for several months), and now I quite love it.

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Minerva BryantReviewed in the United States on June 28, 2012

As a writer it is so important to give a physical description of your characters. It helps to give them life and a "voice" they so need. How do you describe skin color/tone? I do appreciate this book because a number of the describtions just opened the flood gates of endless ways to pin point the color of a person's skin. To me it has been a wonderful help..."the whispering golds of late summer grasses". Now I have thoughts for other description of skin tones. As for my skin tone... the color of walnut. Thanks you Sheila Hamanaka and Amazon -All the Colors of the Earth.

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Denise PeckReviewed in the United States on June 30, 2020

I love this book! It’s great for toddlers and preschoolers! The pictures are beautiful and the writing is lyrical.

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KimReviewed in the United States on August 10, 2015

A great, well-written book!

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P. B.Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2013

Introducing the uniqueness of each and every aspect of creation is a necessary part of parenting. Teaching children to appreciate and admire all the colors of people, of animals, of plants, bugs, etc needs to be done early in life to toddlers, preschoolers, and those in school. This book does this in beautiful artistry!

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educatemeReviewed in the United States on August 31, 2012

As a Board of Education member, I spend time in many classrooms reading to students. This book is age appropriate for elementary, middle, and high school students. The message is simple and beautiful. Even though we look different, we are all similar. This books further expounds on the school system's character education program.

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Daniella AmanquahReviewed in Canada on January 11, 2021

I absolutely love this book 😂. It’s my favourite book to read to my niece and she loves it.

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Tania RussellReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2014

I used this book some years ago as part of a project I was doing with under 5s in the nursery. Its a really beautifully illustrated book that celebrates all children, it was a great favourite and Read and enjoyed many times over.

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AdinaReviewed in Canada on November 7, 2019

Lovely book that celebrates all the skin shades. Perfect for our transracial family.

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gazsutReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 14, 2018

Super

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Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on January 2, 2017

Nice book.