Marvelous Maravilloso

By Carrie Lara, Christine Battuz (illustrator),

Book cover of Marvelous Maravilloso: Me and My Beautiful Family

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The world is full of different colours...hundreds of colours, everywhere. People are different colours too. Our colours make us beautiful and unique. Mommy says it is part of our culture and the big word diversity - diversidad.

Marvelous Maravilloso is a story from the point of view of a young…

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1 author picked Marvelous Maravilloso as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

What would the world be like if flowers were all black and white? If everything looked the same in a colorless world? A mixed-race girl learns about all of the colors of the world and the colors within her family. The message that not everyone has the same skin color, even within a family, is presented in a warm and positive light.

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