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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2004
K-Gr 4 As they did in Happy to Be Nappy (1999) and Be Boy Buzz (2002, both Hyperion), hooks and Raschka have created a verbal and visual celebration. This time the subject is skin, both what it is and, more importantly, what it is not. "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." While the message comes across...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2004
The author-illustrator team who created Happy to Be Nappy collaborate again, this time on a celebration of humanity rather than ethnicity. In a text that flows and dances and weaves, the phrase "The skin I'm in is just a covering" repeats several times. "It cannot tell my story. If you want to know ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
