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Book Title What If Zebras Lost Their Stripes?
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Author John Reitano Illustrator William Haines Paulist Press1998

This title fits these categories:

Racial awareness: Shows diverse people living their lives in realistic ways.

Racial pride: Provides strong, positive role model for diverse children

Racial issue: Shows historical or contemporary inequality based on race.

Activism Shows ways we can make a difference.

Acceptable grade levels Preschool through upper elemenary

Concepts/ Topics covered in book:

"What if zebras lost their stripes and some were black and some were white?" In this rhyming parable, children are asked to think about the absurdity of thinking one color skin is better than another. It is a simpler, more joyful version of the Sneetches.

Questions/ Activities

Before reading:

Can we tell what a person is like just by how he or she looks?

After reading:

Do you think the zebras were smart to get along even if they were different colors?

Do people come in different colors?

What color skin do people people have?

Follow up by reading All the Colors that We Are

Is what is inside a person more important than what is on the outside?

Can people with different color skin, be friends?

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