It's just skin!
€18.00
Meet Epi Dermis, the quirky and clever companion on a journey through human history to learn about the origins of skin color! Thanks to easy-to-understand, science-based explanations, Epi and readers will find out in this interactive adventure why the skin is the hardest-working organ in the body.
Children's book, hardcover
Reading age: 4 years and older
Hardcover: 52 pages
We love it because
DIVERS/INCLUSIVE
The authors and illustrators of Gratitude Publishing do a great job when it comes to presenting stories in which a wide variety of people, with different backgrounds, with physical disabilities, with different sexual orientations and religions, find and recognize themselves in books.
About the publisher
The gratitude publishing house was founded in 2019 by the actress, speaker and author Dayan Kodua. It stands for the communication of diversity and empowerment through stories and is one of the few publishers that exclusively publishes books with BPoC heroes. By identifying with these diverse heroes, children and young people of all backgrounds should be encouraged to discover their own potential. In this way, the gratitude publishing house actively contributes to a diverse German literary landscape and a positively developing society.
At the same time, gratitude publishing house wants to help BPoC newcomer authors and illustrators gain more visibility. Because it is already difficult for a person who has been part of the white majority society since birth to gain a foothold in the literary world, for BPoC authors and illustrators it means a completely different kind of struggle, it requires a different kind of courage to achieve the same goal. gratitude publishing house recognizes this and wants to give precisely these people the opportunity to reach children and young people with their words or pictures.
About the author & illustrator
GRACE BYERS is an actress and activist known for her roles in the hit Fox series "Empire" and Marvel's "The Gifted." As a multicultural Black Person of Color CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Grace was bullied throughout her childhood, which inspired her first picture book, the New York Times bestseller "I Am Enough" - an ode to empowerment in young girls. Today, Grace lives in Los Angeles with her husband, actor Trai Byers.
KETURAH A. BOBO is an artist and New York Times bestselling illustrator known for creating vibrant, relatable, and distinctive imagery. Her passion is creating art that inspires, uplifts, and advocates for her community. Keturah has received praise for her colorful illustration style that brings stories to life. She graduated from Columbus College of Art and Design with a BFA and lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio.