Davida Adedjouma

This book was different poems that children have written about their skin color. The most important lesson to take away from this book is that, it is okay to be different. The color of your skin should not matter, everyone should be treated equal. It is sad to me that young African American children wrote these poems based on how they feel. No one, especially young children should feel this way, when they are no different that anyone else. Some poems aren't sad, but they are expressing that black is beautiful too, and that black power is freedom, and that life is good.… (meer)