Chocolate Me! - by Taye Diggs (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A timely book about how it feels to be teased and taunted, and how each of us is sweet and lovely and delicious on the inside, no matter how we look.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A timely book about how it feels to be teased and taunted, and how each of us is sweet and lovely and delicious on the inside, no matter how we look.</b> <p/>The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. <p/>For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on <i>Chocolate Me!, </i> a book based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for a picture book that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"With its universal themes of wanting to fit in, self-acceptance, and self-esteem, this read-aloud offering is sure to strike a chord with many young readers/listeners, and on a variety of subjects, not just race." --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>"Taye Diggs can act and sing, and now he proves he can write. With <i>Chocolate Me!</i>, the affable Diggs makes an assured foray into the children's book category. Lavishly illustrated by Shane W. Evans, <i>Chocolate</i> embraces a difficult topic with wide arms: colorism." --<i>Essence</i> <p/>"Actor Diggs, making his children's book debut, gives an unvarnished take on the emotional impact of taunting that cuts to the core of one's identity... Evans makes the hero's journey to confidence irresistible, with bighearted, stylized pictures that draw on the emotionally exuberant vocabulary of street art and anime." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Taye Diggs</b> is an actor whose credits include motion pictures (<i>How Stella Got Her Groove Back</i> and <i>Chicago</i>), stage (<i>Rent</i>, <i>Wicked</i>), and television (<i>Private Practice</i>). He lives in Los Angeles and New York City with his wife, the actress Idina Menzel, and their son. <p/><b>Shane W. Evans</b> is the illustrator of numerous award-winning books for children, including <i>Black Jack: The Ballad of Jack Johnson, </i> and <i>Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper's Daughter, </i> winner of the <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book</i> Award. He lives with his wife and daughter in Kansas City, Missouri.</p>
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