A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist\'s perspective.
Karen Katz created this book for her daughter, Lena, whom she and her husband adopted from Guatemala six years ago..
Through the eyes of a little girl who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people.
But when she and her mother take a walk through the neighborhood, Lena learns that brown comes in many different shades.
She wants to use brown paint for her skin.
Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself.
A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist\'s perspective