Melanin 'n' Me

I bought this book for my seven-year-old, brown grandson. My little grandson (who is an only child), grew up in a loving, supportive, and encouraging home environment. He is highly intelligent, and he had the highest self-esteem UNTIL he started to attend school in a well-to-do and predominately white district. Recently he has been feeling as though he's not "good enough" and even stated to me (his confidant) that he wishes he were white. He has already noticed, and is being affected by "white privilege" and the idea that America puts out there that white people have set the standard for handsomeness and/or beauty. It's awful what this society is doing to our children. This book is teaching him why he looks the way he does and I remind him that all of human mankind originated from the Black race but that no race is superior to another. His parents have been reading "Melanin 'N' Me" in hopes that it will restore the pride that his parents has instilled in him, but he seems to be losing now that he's surrounded by white children. He's attending a very good private school where his parents are paying university-like tuition rates, and he continues to excel academically, however his little self-esteem is falling. It is my hope that this book will help. I highly recommend this book, and encourage every parent with a Black or Brown child purchase them (I bought both; each written by a different author).

My kids get to see something that explains to them not only what I've been teaching them about themselves but the terminology used is great as well. It doesn't get too in depth, but for them to see someone who looks like them and discusses what their skin does for them let's them embrace the fact that melanated skin is in fact needed to absorb the UV rays given off from the sun. If not then you'd have diseases like skin cancer and vision problems due to the lack of this chaos/melanin throughout the body and the universe. Melanin is everywhere and it's time that the truth be set free! Embrace the little dark girls and boys and let them know who they really are. Ra reaches to you everyday with a kiss on the forehead...Mwwahh♥

This is such a great simple way to introduce children to the uses of melanin in the body. This is an illustrated poem that teaches about the wonderful properties of melanin, and how wonderful it is to have melanin in the skin, hair and irises of the eye. My daughter had a big smile on her face when I read this to her. I highly recommend this book! The best part was when the children on the continents of Africa, N. America, and S. America were all holding hands while the book explains how all Africans are united through ancestry and how melanin shows us our connection.

Great

Great book for African American children, as it informs them about the precious chemical found in our bodies. Let the learn how unique they really are.

I received this book on time and I know my grandchildren would enjoy it.

Would highly recommend great book we enjoyed it!!!!

Great Children's Book

This is an excellent little book for all young children of African origin. It is positive, informative, and most importantly it is factual. It is an illustrated poem all about Melanin and its wonderful attributes that very small children will be able to grasp and immediately feel a sense of pride from knowing all about it.I recommend it as a starting point on the topic from 4 years up... You'd be surprised... even adults have learned something from reading this book. Melanin is not a topic we generally hear about or have been taught about. Surprisingly such an important attribute that currently sells for more than the price of gold is not even on the national curriculum. Not a wonder it is a real eye opener to many. It's the God-given gift that makes black people black, makes their skin soft and supple and keeps them healthy and strong! It's the stuff that makes fairer skinned people want to tan themselves for because they simply do not possess enough of it.