Violet

There is a book that is catalogued as a non-fiction but if you were to just look at the cover, you'd think it was a picture book. This book sends out such an important message in a simplified way. The title of this book is called, "Violet" by Tania Duprey Stehlik and illustrated by Vanja Vuleta Jovanovic.

The main character is a young girl who moves to another house and is nervous to go to a new school. There are many students of many colours at her new school: red, yellow, blue. Violet is surprised to find that there is nobody else that is the colour of violet.

When her father comes to pick her up from school, her classmates see that he is blue in colour, and make remarks about it. Another day, Violet's mother picks her up for school and again, a classmate comments about her Mom's red skin. Of course, the question is asked by some of her curious classmates why she is Violet is the colour that she is.

When she arrives home with her Mom, they talk about the different colours of skin and why Violet's colour is a mix of colour from her parents. This is book to embrace and share with intermediate students. It certainly provides a lesson that does not need any explanation after you read this book aloud.