My new picture book, "Happy in Our Skin," is  a bouncy, rhyming tribute to skin, in all its glory. It  begins with this welcome to a newborn child: "Look at you! You look so cute in your brand-new birthday suit.This is how we all begin--small and happy in our skin."  The fun continues with an appreciation of all kinds of skin colors, freckles, and birthmarks--as well as the delicious pleasure of being tickled and hugged. A giant block party of diverse families concludes the book with everyone happy in their skin.It has received rave reviews from School Library Journal, Kirkus, and Booklist, as well as a starred review from Publishers Weekly.My Katie Woo series is the -first easy-to-read chapter books featuring an Asian child. There are 40 of these storybooks, some of them collected in paperbacks that offer four stories in one volume. A few of these  are: "Katie Woo Rules the School," "Katie Woo and Friends," ""Katie Woo, Don't be Blue," and "Katie Woo Loves School." You can see a video about the Katie Woo books and get free downloadables at this website: http://www.capstonekids.com/characters/Katie-Woo/ I can be contacted through my website for school or Skype visits: www.franmanushkin.com or by emailing me directly at franm@nyc.rr.com. I'm also on Facebook and Twitter: franm22My board book, BIG GIRL PANTIES, is a romp about a girl who's leaving diapers behind for the pleasures of wearing panties like  her mother and grandma and aunties! It has 274 rave reviews on Amazon. Can you guess that I love writing books?