"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish. As she prepares for a new school, she knows she's going to have to learn. Her first day is uncomfortable, until she employs her crayons and discovers there's more than one way to communicate with new friends"-- "El inglés simplemente se siente mal para Isabel. Ella prefiere su español nativo. Mientras se prepara para una nueva escuela, sabe que va a tener que aprender. Su primer...

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.

Children from different kinds of families demonstrate the original meanings of the colors in the rainbow flag, and then come together at a Pride parade.

"As St. Patrick's Day fast approaches, Green Crayon would like a break since he's still recovering from Christmas, but when his friends try to take over, it soon becomes apparent just how much he's needed"--

During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.

"Beautiful colors, look up and look down, lovable babies in all shades of brown." Young children spend a day in the park, and discover the different colors of the many things there.

As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.

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

Leaving the den as the weather warms, Baby Bear discovers blue birds, red strawberries, orange butterflies, and other colorful things in nature.

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...