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Mixed Blessing Kindle Edition

by Marsha Cosman (Author), Kyra Kendall (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 124 ratings
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A young son discovers he does not have exactly the same skin colour as either parent. He questions this revelation and his parents explain using animals during a visit to the zoo. A candid look at children of mixed race and multiculturalism learning about their identity for the first time through a colourful illustrative story. The author uses her own experience to write this book about children questioning their appearance and acceptance in society. A fun learning book for any age which will aid in the prevention of bullying and the acceptance of differences.
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  1. Print length
    26 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  4. Publication date
    November 16, 2012
  5. File size
    3791 KB
  6. Page Flip
    Enabled
  7. Word Wise
    Not Enabled
  8. Enhanced typesetting
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About the Author

Marsha Cosman is a chartered accountant born in Winnipeg moved to Cayman Islands (where she met her husband) and now lives in Toronto, Canada with her family. She is an avid scuba diver, novice painter, recreational ballerina, ultimate party planner and lover of chocolate croissants. Marsha is of Caribbean descent married to a man of Irish descent. After the birth of her first child, she struggled to find storybooks her son could learn about his mixed heritage. She decided to write a book to fill the gap of this very important topic and hopes her book can reach children and families of all races.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00A8RJRZO
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 16, 2012
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3791 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 26 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 124 ratings

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Marsha Cosman is a chartered professional accountant born in Winnipeg,

moved to Cayman Islands (where she met her husband), lived in Toronto where she had 2 children and now resides in Costa Rica with her family of 4. She is an avid scuba diver, a novice painter, a recreational ballerina, the ultimate

party planner and lover of chocolate croissants. Marsha is of Caribbean descent and married a

man of Irish descent. After the birth of her 2 children, she struggled to find storybooks her children

could learn about their mixed heritage. She decided to write books to fill the gap in this very

important topic and hopes her books can reach children and families of all races and cultures.

Customer reviews

4.4 out of 5 stars
4.4 out of 5
124 global ratings
Do not purchase! Extremely poor quality!
1 Star
Do not purchase! Extremely poor quality!
I purchased this book for my son. I purchased quite a bit of books for him so I didn’t get around to reading this one until tonight. (Month) He picked this one for bed time and much to my disappointment multiple pages are cut off. I can’t read most of the story. I’m extremely disappointed with this purchase and recommend you spend $12.99 on something else.
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AT
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014
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This is the first book that I have seen with an African Am Mom and a Caucasian Dad. That is our story. My son was so excited when he saw the page with the parents. I said, "See...he is just like you." Then he looked at the book and smiled, then said, "That IS me!"
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Susan
5.0 out of 5 stars GiGi
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2014
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Mixed Blessings is a very sweet book . One of my granddaughters are of mixed race , so I am so glad I found this book . We all are mixed in one way or another and this book helps to encourage love of difference .
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CeCe A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, just what I wanted for my son ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2015
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Great book, just what I wanted for my son who is mixed. The photos are just what our family looks like . Black,white, tan 😃 Can't wait to give this book to another biracial family after we are done with it.
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Mom2012
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2012
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Mixed Blessings is a great book for children of all races. It is a helpful way to explain mixed race children to my child, who is not of mixed race. She can be one more educated child that can eradicate confusion and name calling.
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Dominishopper
4.0 out of 5 stars excellent idea
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2012
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This book was an excellent idea for educating all children about mixed race children and people. In fact, it's excellent for raising awareness about the differences among us altogether. I am from the Caribbean and the differences in our skin tones are too many to mention! I will defeinitely have my children read this. My only reservation was the part where the dad tells the son that he "outshines" the other children. I don't imagine the authour is suggesting that he outshines the others because he's mixed?! It tends to come accross that way, which I don't think is the right message. Apart from that, excellent read.
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franknettie
5.0 out of 5 stars Excited to get the book
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2019
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This was given as a gift to an expecting couple of different ethnicities
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Shelly
2.0 out of 5 stars DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020
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I ordered this to grow my collection of books that teach about diversity, loving ones self and having proper representation for my child and students. Upon receiving this book I was Absoultely mortified at what was inside. The book to me isn't age appropriate for preschoolers (ages 2-4) more like 5 and up and the pages at the end seem to suggest that being mixed was above anything or anyone else. It also seems to suggest that because 2 people that come from different culteral backgrounds make a superior child.

It also talked about bullying and as I'm all for talking about bullying at any age again the way it was described in the book was more for 5 and up not 2-4 year olds. The book seemed all over the place in its explanation of what it means to be biracial. I feel like it missed several key points to help a child understand the meaning and to ultimately teach them to love themselves and the skin their in.

There aren't many books that teach on these things and for the one book to be available I was sadly let down by the context inside. I want to return it but my child bent it so I'll honestly probably just throw it away, it truly bothered me that much.

I would highly suggest not buying this book. I only gave it 2 stars because the illustrations were lovely. Again as a parent and an educator this book was not okay at all! If i can add pictures later I will.
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Gran gran pat
5.0 out of 5 stars Teaches children that Black/White children are both are wanted and lived.
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2020
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Good learning tool.
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Lisa King
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 7, 2018
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Really teaches me all the differences - 6 year old son
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Cecilia
5.0 out of 5 stars Great message!
Reviewed in Canada on December 22, 2012
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I felt this book had a wonderful message to children and parents born of mixed race. The author makes the message relevant to children so they understand & embrace their differences. Illustrations are great too!
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CBT
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for under and over 5's
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 10, 2019
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Bought for childminding
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J smile
2.0 out of 5 stars Not sure
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 3, 2020
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An OK story, but comparing a mixed race child to ice cream feels a little off to me. I am still unsettled by this and as such I am going to return it. But much kudos to the writer for trying to provide a book for this market.
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Joanne
1.0 out of 5 stars not what i was looking for.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2013
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Disappointed with this book. I was expecting a better story, Not about the colour of skin being matched with mixing ice cream.
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