Chocolate Me!

De: Taye Diggs, Shane W. Evans - cover illustration

Narrado por: Taye Diggs

*Winner of a Parents' Choice Gold Award*

This program is read by Taye Diggs.

The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is.

For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a story based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for an audiobook that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.

©2011 Taye Diggs (P)2018 Macmillan Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“With its universal themes of wanting to fit in, self-acceptance, and self-esteem, this read-aloud offering is sure to strike a chord with many young readers/listeners, and on a variety of subjects, not just race.” —School Library Journal

“Taye Diggs can act and sing, and now he proves he can write. With Chocolate Me!, the affable Diggs makes an assured foray into the children's book category. Lavishly illustrated by Shane W. Evans, Chocolate embraces a difficult topic with wide arms: colorism.” —Essence

“Actor Diggs, making his children's book debut, gives an unvarnished take on the emotional impact of taunting that cuts to the core of one's identity… Evans makes the hero's journey to confidence irresistible, with bighearted, stylized pictures that draw on the emotionally exuberant vocabulary of street art and anime.” —Publishers Weekly

Love this book

My son’s teacher suggested this book. As we are trying to teach our son about Diversity.

We love this book!

My 7 year old loves this book. We listen to it a few times a week. We love how it encourages other black boys to love the skin they are in.

Music over shadows.

This book is really horrible for children because you cannot get the message because the music is so loud it's louder than the reading and it's actually quite distracting. This book had a very good message to convey but it was missed because it without much like the book itself and this message was background noise I really wish this was just read acapella.