# Skin Again - Hardcover

by **Bell Hooks** (Author), **Chris Raschka** (Illustrator), **Chris Raschka** (Cover Design by)

**From legendary author and critic bell hooks and multi-Caldecott Medalist Chris Raschka comes a new way to talk about race and identity that will appeal to parents of the youngest readers.**_The skin I'm in is just a covering. It cannot tell my story. If you want to know who I am, you have got to come inside and open your heart way wide._

Race matters, but only so much--what's most important is who we are on the inside. Looking beyond skin, going straight to the heart, we find in each other the treasures stored down deep. Learning to cherish those treasures, to be all we imagine ourselves to be, makes us free.

This award-winning book, celebrates all that makes us unique and different and offers a strong, timely and timeless message of loving yourself and others.

### Author Biography

A world-renowned cultural critic, feminist theorist, and intellectual, **bell hooks** is a distinguished author and professor of English. She has written several acclaimed children's books including _Be Boy Buzz_, _Skin Again_ and _Happy to Be Nappy_, all illustrated by Chris Raschka.

**Chris Raschka** is the Caldecott-Award-winning illustrator of _The Hello Goodbye Window_ and _A Ball for Daisy_. He also received a Caldecott Honor for _Yo! Yes?_ and has written and illustrated numerous books for children, among them four by bell hooks. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

**Number of Pages:** 40

**Dimensions:** 0.4 x 9.4 x 8.2 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 06, 2017

## Details

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