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e_ramirez_ortega's review against another edition
5.0
“Seeing yourself is almost like a message. It’s saying; you matter, you are visible, and you’re valuable.” – Christian Robinson
Why pursue colorblindedness when we can be Colorfull instead?
How we answer that question is what speaker, writer, and church planter Dorena Williamson discusses in Colorfull—a joyful story and celebration about friends learning about their different skin colors.
With its rich watercolors and conversational prose, Williamson’s story points to God as the creator of a world and people with so many wonderful colors.
Imani and Kayla are the best of friends who are learning to celebrate their different skin colors. As they look around them at the amazing colors in nature, they can see that their skin is another example of God’s creativity!
This joyful story takes a new approach to discussing race: instead of being colorblind, we can choose to be colorful.
Williamson writes: “Like a diamond forged through the fire, I realized the value of years in multicultural church work. I felt a passion stirring to help people outside my circle take off colorblind lens and put on kingdom lens. I realized that my seeds of thought could be a book to help children and adults alike experience the beauty of God’s diverse kingdom.”
Toni Morrison says, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” And so Williamson crafted a manuscript and queried publishers. Closed doors fueled more writing until Colorfull became a reality.
Colorfull shows children the exceptional diversity of our racial colors, our unique gifts, and our socioeconomic status.
Colorfull is Williamson’s first literary work and the message is clear: to be fully present and aware of the colors God made! Plants, animals, and especially people—are all created intentionally and with purpose.
Williamson writes:
“I think many of us avoid & struggle with race conversation because it’s uncomfortable. It stirs up painful images of a brokenness we think is in the past. It’s a challenge to our know-it-all-or-google-it society.
So we shush our kids’ questions about other people’s race. We teach them to be colorblind. We leave their God-given curiosity open to ignorant and damaging views to fill. We tell ourselves we don’t see color.”
Why pursue colorblindedness when we can be Colorfull instead?
How we answer that question is what speaker, writer, and church planter Dorena Williamson discusses in Colorfull—a joyful story and celebration about friends learning about their different skin colors.
With its rich watercolors and conversational prose, Williamson’s story points to God as the creator of a world and people with so many wonderful colors.
Imani and Kayla are the best of friends who are learning to celebrate their different skin colors. As they look around them at the amazing colors in nature, they can see that their skin is another example of God’s creativity!
This joyful story takes a new approach to discussing race: instead of being colorblind, we can choose to be colorful.
Williamson writes: “Like a diamond forged through the fire, I realized the value of years in multicultural church work. I felt a passion stirring to help people outside my circle take off colorblind lens and put on kingdom lens. I realized that my seeds of thought could be a book to help children and adults alike experience the beauty of God’s diverse kingdom.”
Toni Morrison says, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” And so Williamson crafted a manuscript and queried publishers. Closed doors fueled more writing until Colorfull became a reality.
Colorfull shows children the exceptional diversity of our racial colors, our unique gifts, and our socioeconomic status.
Colorfull is Williamson’s first literary work and the message is clear: to be fully present and aware of the colors God made! Plants, animals, and especially people—are all created intentionally and with purpose.
Williamson writes:
“I think many of us avoid & struggle with race conversation because it’s uncomfortable. It stirs up painful images of a brokenness we think is in the past. It’s a challenge to our know-it-all-or-google-it society.
So we shush our kids’ questions about other people’s race. We teach them to be colorblind. We leave their God-given curiosity open to ignorant and damaging views to fill. We tell ourselves we don’t see color.”
lindz's review against another edition
5.0
This story as a meanful teaching for children. I got the meaning of the story or the moral of the story as you read. This is a great story for children of all ages. Parents should pick this one out and help teach our children what it mean to be different.
The author does a wonderful job of this though pictures and story itself. She show how god created a world that is colorfull. Would you want your child to be colorblind? God made us to see colorfull and world colorfull so we should teach our children that being different skin color like chocolate it okay and that even siblings may look the same but different. This a book teach children and others that colors are beautiful. If everything was the same color our world would be dark or not special.
Look at your world differently and teach our children and child to be kind and say there a reason god made each and everything with colors. He want as to see Colorfull.
The author does a wonderful job of this though pictures and story itself. She show how god created a world that is colorfull. Would you want your child to be colorblind? God made us to see colorfull and world colorfull so we should teach our children that being different skin color like chocolate it okay and that even siblings may look the same but different. This a book teach children and others that colors are beautiful. If everything was the same color our world would be dark or not special.
Look at your world differently and teach our children and child to be kind and say there a reason god made each and everything with colors. He want as to see Colorfull.
lindz's review
5.0
This story as a meanful teaching for children. I got the meaning of the story or the moral of the story as you read. This is a great story for children of all ages. Parents should pick this one out and help teach our children what it mean to be different.
The author does a wonderful job of this though pictures and story itself. She show how god created a world that is colorfull. Would you want your child to be colorblind? God made us to see colorfull and world colorfull so we should teach our children that being different skin color like chocolate it okay and that even siblings may look the same but different. This a book teach children and others that colors are beautiful. If everything was the same color our world would be dark or not special.
Look at your world differently and teach our children and child to be kind and say there a reason god made each and everything with colors. He want as to see Colorfull.
The author does a wonderful job of this though pictures and story itself. She show how god created a world that is colorfull. Would you want your child to be colorblind? God made us to see colorfull and world colorfull so we should teach our children that being different skin color like chocolate it okay and that even siblings may look the same but different. This a book teach children and others that colors are beautiful. If everything was the same color our world would be dark or not special.
Look at your world differently and teach our children and child to be kind and say there a reason god made each and everything with colors. He want as to see Colorfull.
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