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Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin and Lauren TobiaĪ lovely celebration of skin of all shades, whether cinnamon coloured or peaches and cream.

Showing that everywhere around the world, we all start out in the same way, doing the same things such as playing, sleeping and being noisy, this happy rhyming tale brings to light that inside and out we are all just people who are loved and valued for who - not what - we are.

Everywhere Babies by Susan Meyers and Marla Frazee.

Here are 10 picture books, from New Zealand and the rest of the world, that do a wonderful job of celebrating cultural differences and highlighting the many similarities we all share as people, no matter where we come from. If you are looking for titles specific to New Zealand, please take a look at the New Zealand Picture Book Collection. While diversity is an international theme in children’s literature, there are also a number of locally created titles that introduce the idea to a New Zealand audience. Including books with ethnically diverse characters, which showcase the intricacies of international cultures, will also support children from those cultures in your care, helping them to feel more seen, heard and validated than if they were seeing only people of European backgrounds in the stories they read. One way to do this in everyday activities is to introduce picture books into your reading time that celebrate diversity of all kinds, and to read them alongside the children’s existing favourites. To support greater acceptance and understanding of this diversity in our society, teachers can encourage children in early learning environments to embrace their differences, showing them how experiencing a variety of cultures enriches the lives of everyone. Three years later, that figure has only increased, and it is reflected by the diversity of children enrolled in early childhood education centres throughout the country.