My Skin, Your Skin: Let's talk about race, racism and empowerment

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This is the story of the incredible life of Wilma Mankiller, the first female leader of the Cherokee Nation and dedicated activist and eco-warrior. This brightly illustrated picture book is sure to be read and re-read for years to come. It is perfect to read at home, and in classrooms, to support your child's life-long learning journey. Read more Details You should be proud of your skin colour, your lips, your hair and every part of you.. you are amazing!” This book was specifically written by producer, educator and consultant, Laura Henry-Allain MBE, to support parents, teachers and carers to explain what racism is, why it is wrong, and what children can do if they see it or experience it. It also explores how important it is for children to celebrate their achievements and greatness.

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You might be surprised to find out it's the skin, which you might not think of as an organ. No matter how you think of it, your skin is very important. It covers and protects everything inside your body. Without skin, people's muscles, bones, and organs would be hanging out all over the place. Skin holds everything together. It also: And what about the other 5%? They make a substance called melanin (say: MEL-uh-nun). Melanin gives skin its color. The darker your skin is, the more melanin you have. When you go out into the sun, these cells make extra melanin to protect you from getting burned by the sun's ultraviolet, or UV, rays. My Skin Your Skin is a powerful book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about race and anti-racism. Most importantly, the book empowers children to be the best versions of themselves; to have self-love, self-esteem and self-worth, irrespective of their skin colour. My Skin Your Skin is a powerful book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about race and anti-racism. Most importantly, the book empowers children to be the best versions of themselves; to have self -love, self-esteem and self-worth, irrespective of their skin colour. Ah.Change00 - The style of this poem truly does evoke a sense of comfort and intimacy from the speaker to the reader. I think that the tetrameter works nicely with this poem, giving the flow and pacing needed for the the speaker to express themselves. In addition to the rhythm through the meters, the pacing is also set up by the use of commas to break the line apart. It allows the readers to slow down and really capture the moment, especially since the moment is very active in involving the readers.

If you've been running around on a hot day, your blood vessels get the signal from the hypothalamus to release some of your body's heat. They do this by bringing warm blood closer to the surface of your skin. That's why you sometimes get a red face when you run around. Such an important book targeting the younger readership that teaches kids that we are all different but our differences make us amazing - be proud and celebrate differences. Written by Early Years expert and children's media creator, Laura Henry-Allain MBE and beautifully illustrated By Onyinye Iwu. This book was specifically written by Early Years expert and children’s media creator, Laura Henry-Allain MBE, to support parents, teachers and guardians to explain what racism is, why it is wrong, and what children can do if they see it or experience it. It also explores how important it is for children to celebrate their achievements and greatness.

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What about when you're ice-skating or sledding? When you're cold, your blood vessels keep your body from losing heat by narrowing as much as possible and keeping the warm blood away from the skin's surface. You might notice tiny bumps on your skin. Most kids call these goosebumps, but the fancy name for them is the pilomotor (say: PY-lo-mo-ter) reflex. The reflex makes special tiny muscles called the erector pili (say: ee-REK-tur pee-LEE) muscles pull on your hairs so they stand up very straight. How Can I Keep My Skin Healthy? I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! This marvellous non-fiction book, aimed at soon-to-be siblings, charts the month-by-month development of an unborn baby in the womb.Warm, cheerful illustrations depict different genders, ethnicities and family set-ups, giving it broad appeal.It is perfect to read at home, and in classrooms, to support your child’s life-long learning journey. This book will support teachers, parents and guardians explain what racism is, why it is wrong, and what children can do if they see it or experience it. It also explores how important it is for children to celebrate their achievements and greatness. My Skin, Your Skin is a powerful book to help children and adults have meaningful discussions about race and anti-racism. Most importantly, the book empowers children to be the best versions of themselves; to have self-love, self-esteem and self-worth, irrespective of their skin colour.

My Skin, Your Skin: An Early Introduction to Race and Racism

The layer on the outside is called the epidermis (say: eh-pih-DUR-mis). The epidermis is the part of your skin you can see.

Several examples of racism are highlighted, such as laughing at a person’s hair type or excluding someone from a game because of their skin colour, which will help young children to identify racist behaviour. The importance of anti-racism is also discussed. Children will learn how to take positive action to help stop racism by speaking up if they see someone being racist, making friends with people from different races, and learning about different cultures.

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Look down at your hands for a minute. Even though you can't see anything happening, your epidermis is hard at work. At the bottom of the epidermis, new skin cells are forming. Overall, I really enjoy reading the kyrielle sonnet. Everything comes together in a very flowy, playful, and intimate way. It allows the reader to feels vulnerable too, not just the speaker. You have hair follicles all over your body, except on your lips, the palms of your hands, and the soles of your feet. And you have more hair follicles in some places than in others — there are more than 100,000 follicles on your head alone!

Aimed at Primary readers with a focus, perhaps on the Early Years and KS1, Henry-Allain's brightly-coloured information text invites discussion around race, racism and anti-racism: a book that the UK has been looking for, for a long time. When the cells are ready, they start moving toward the top of your epidermis. This trip takes about 2 weeks to a month. As newer cells continue to move up, older cells near the top die and rise to the surface of your skin. What you see on your hands (and everywhere else on your body) are really dead skin cells. Thanks so much for your lovely message and for everything that you do with Book Wagon. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. That's why your skin gets tan if you spend a lot of time in the sun. But even though melanin is mighty, it can't shield you all by itself. You'll want to wear sunscreen and protective clothing, such as a hat, to prevent painful sunburns. Protecting your skin now also can help prevent skin cancer when you get older. What's the Dermis? B.L. Woll - Very well crafted. The tension words like "awkwardness" and "cultivate" and the feel elicited in the form and the content is very interesting. It's funny...I am not a person super-comfortable with nakedness. Not to an unusual or odd degree, but I feel like some lingering puritan natures were handed down to me, though definitely in a watered-down and tolerant of others form. I envy / wonder / a bit about that ease....it's oddly complex (?) to many of us.