Colors Come from God...
Just Like Me!

By Carolyn Forche
Illustrated by Charles Cox

Abingdon Press, $11.95
ISBN 0-687-00650-3

Colors Come from God...Just Like Me! is an excellent book for fostering a child's self-esteem. The story is told by an African American girl who describes many things God has created and their beauty in the diversity of colors God gave them.

"The Bible says that God made us from dust upon the ground; and God made me a beautiful brown!...God spoke a word, and all things came to be! Fish, birds, the sea, and stars, then God made kids like me!"

"As a father of young children, I have come to know the importance of affirming and reaffirming for children their individual self-worth. I want them to know, as this book affirms, line after line, how important they are in God's eyes. Because we have for too long abandoned the principles of sound biblical teaching, this treasure of possiblities for uplifting children will go far to remind us of who we really are in the eyes of God. In this inspirational storyline, Carolyn Forche takes us back (both adults and children) to time-honored principles. Most important, she backs them up with illustrated verses from the Bible, for our easy reference and to carry out our divine mandate to'pass THE WORD on' to our children."

Carolyn A. Forche, lecturer and motivational speaker on African American history and recorded history of Blacks in the Bible, was awarded the Guilded Quill Award by The Manuscriptors Guild for this story in 1994.

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