Chrissy is a 6-year-old girl who embarks upon a journey of seeking answers about her skin tone. After noticing that her mother, Teresa, is much lighter than she is, Chrissy is confused about her mother's racial identity. Her mother, Teresa, educates, uplifts, and bestows knowledge upon Chrissy so she can then teach others about the beautiful term called "melanin". Chrissy learns that there are many different shades of brown and that her melanin is indeed poppin'!
Latarsha Woods first wrote My Melanin Is Poppin' On My Beautiful Brown Skin as a poem to encourage her daughters Destiny, Trinity, and Serenity to celebrate their differences and likes. Since then, Latarsha Woods has transformed this beautiful poem into a children's book for other brown-skinned boys and girls around the world. Combating the stereotypes of colorism, this inspirational book will encourage girls and boys of color to love their beautiful brown skin.đ¤đ¤
Tianna Thompson is an adolescence trying to find her way in a world where her skin complexion is the center of attention. She's ridiculed by classmates and even her own family because of her dark chocolate skin. The name calling starts in elementary school and gets worse in high school. Tasha is Tianna's best friend and has had her back since elementary school fighting against the bullies. Tianna and Tasha have a lot in common such as, they both are known as Tar Babies. Tasha has an older brother, Jackson that's secretly in love with Tianna. But Jackson isn't the only guy that wants Tianna. Her male friend, Jamal who is on his way to the NBA will stop at nothing to convince Tianna that he's the man for her present and future. Tianna loves both Jackson and Jamal, but she loves one as a friend and the other as a lover. Will Tasha end her twelve-year friendship with Tianna if she finds that her best friend is in love with her brother? Will Tianna chose between her heart or friendship? This is the first book of a two-part series.
A Muslim womanâs searingly honest memoir of her journey toward self-acceptance as she comes to see her body as a symbol of rebellion and hopeâand chooses to live her life unapologetically Ever since she was little, Leah Vernon was told what to believe and how to act. There wasnât any room for imperfection. âGoodâ Muslim girls listened more than they spoke. They didnât have a missing father or a mother with a mental disability. They didnât have fat bodies or grow up wishing they could be like the white characters they saw on TV. They didnât have husbands who abused and cheated on them. They certainly didnât have secret abortions. In Unashamed, Vernon takes to task the myth of the perfect Muslim woman with frank dispatches on her love-hate relationship with her hijab and her faith, race, weight, mental health, domestic violence, sexuality, the millennial world of dating, and the process of finding her voice. She opens up about her tumultuous adolescence living at the poverty line with her fiercely loving but troubled mother, her absent dad, her siblings, and the violent dissolution of her 10-year marriage. Tired of the constant policing of her clothing in the name of Islam and Western beauty standards, Vernon reflects on her experiences with hustling paycheck to paycheck, body-shaming, and redefining what it means to be a âgoodâ Muslim. Irreverent, youthful, and funny, Unashamed gives anyone who is marginalized permission to live unapologetic, confident lives. âVernonâs determined advocacy for body positivity as a feminist and mental health issue, and her painful journey to self-acceptance, are moving and powerful, forcing readers to examine their own preconceptions about beauty standards and health.â âBooklist
For ages 3-9... "Mommy Why's Your Skin So Brown" is a mother's explanation to her bi-racial children about why her skin color is darker than theirs. It was inspired by frequent questions from strangers who assumed that the author was the nanny to her own lighter-skinned children, causing her children to wonder about the reason for these questions. This book may serve as a consciousness-raising piece for caring communities and to prevent people from letting their curiosity overwhelm their manners.
