In this summer edition of Frazer Book Talk, Frazer Center’s Inclusion Team, Ignacio Mendoza and Hannah Etchison, share two children’s books they they love and recommend—stories that explore nature, sensory experience, and how children understand the world around them.

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📚 The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin, illustrated by Rosana Faria, and translated from Spanish to English by Elisa Amado.
A tactile, hands-on book that invites readers to experience color through touch, taste, smell, and sound—offering a different way to think about how we perceive the world.

📚 Hannah and the Talking Tree by Elke Weiss.
A story about a child who sees her differences as strengths and forms an unexpected friendship with a tree, opening up conversations about belonging, perspective, and connection.

Together, these books create space for children to notice, question, and connect in their own ways, whether through senses, imagination, or relationships.

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