2023 June Featured Book: Ages 3-4

All of Us by Kathryn Erskine

In a lyrical text that travels the globe, the author shows young readers how the whole world is a community made up of people who are more similar than we are different.

Developmental markers: https://startingwithstories.org/threes-fours/

• Can learn that skin serves the same purpose for everyone, regardless of skin color and appreciate that all colors are beautiful.

Activities:

• What food matches your skin color? Look at this chart to find your skin color. If you don’t see it, brainstorm what foods or objects do match your skin color.
• Are all people in your family the same color?
• Do you know or see people who match some of these foods on this chart? For example: “Our mail delivery person looks like chocolate cake.”