Beautiful book, teaching not only the alphabet, but also that every person is beautiful just the way they are. This book is in celebration of black children, but could definitely be read by any child. Throughout the book there are children of every shade depicted on each book. They are shown with different colored hair, different hair types - from braids to bald - all different styles of clothing. One of my favorite pages was the Pride page - which shows one child holding an equality sign and one with the trans flag on their shirt. The P is filled in with the colors of the rainbow. While it is subtle, it is still very important as queer people of color are often the ones who are killed in crimes against the LGBTQ community - especially Trans POC. However, throughout the whole book we are reminded of black people who rose to power - Michelle and Barack Obama, Oprah, Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr. among others.

M is for Melanin is a beautifully illustrated book for children of all backgrounds, but especially for people of color. ( )