Different Differenter

By Jyoti Gupta, Tarannum Pasricha (Illustrator)

Explore skin color, identity, and bias through creative activities and family discussions.

4.4/5 Goodreads · 14 ratings

38 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Join Jyoti on a colorful journey exploring skin color, identity, and bias through art and play. This activity book invites children to ask questions and discover answers about race and culture. With engaging activities like crafting and performing, families can tackle tough topics like discrimination and self-awareness. Illustrated by Tarannum Pasricha, the book offers a vibrant look at diversity, encouraging dialogue and understanding. How will your family embrace social justice and equity?

From the publisher

Different Differenter is a beautifully-illustrated, full-color, activity book for children that thoughtfully addresses everyday skin color consciousness (and bias) in a way that’s easy to understand.Children’s rich observations and questions about color, caste, race elicit accurate yet straightforward responses. Jyoti’s art-and-craft-based book takes you on a playful and creative discovery to find answers that work for you and your family–while creatively introducing facts of history and 15-plus new words. Make art. Perform a play for the nanas when they’re in town. Eat a yummy homemade dessert. Ooh! and aah! about how each member of the family has a different skin color.Utilize this educational tool that sets the context for the hard conversations about self-awareness, color, discrimination, and identity. Subjects included in the book are biology about skin (melanin, genes, adaptation); culturally-related aspects (food, art practices, region/ethnicity); colorism’s social impact (bullying, media bias) and solutions (bystander intervention, activism, and media literacy).Illustrated by Tarannum Pasricha, Different Differenter reflects the world of the child, in all its diverse exuberance. The book’s creators have worked hard to spawn a visual culture that centers cultures and children of color. Do away with the rhetoric, the baggage of taboo topics and political correctness! And lead the dialogue with your children and help them embrace the values of social justice and equity.

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