Two Worlds One Family: A Child’s Perspective on Being Biracial by Felicia L. Kenny
This review first appeared on Reader Views. Read the Reader Views version here . Meet Jory: she’s 8, she’s biracial, and she loves her family. At school, Jory has friends whose families are also a blend of cultures. There’s Shareef, whose mom is from India and whose dad is from Germany. There’s Kayla, whose mom is from Japan and whose dad is from Mexico. Although Jory recognizes that not all families are like hers, Shareef’s, and Kayla’s, she celebrates how there are so many people in the world who all look different but are all the same on the inside. Two Worlds One Family: A Child’s Perspective on Being Biracial ends with some coloring pages, rounding out this wonderful picture book. Two Worlds One Family by Felicia L. Kenny is a picture book aimed at readers aged five to twelve but is also accessible enough to be read to younger readers, in my opinion. Kenny is sure to use easy-to-understand language and keep an innocent child’s perspective on the topic of race. Which makes i...
