Learning to Love Dark Skinned Me

by Katina M. Davis

Overview

This is the story of Venus, an 8-year-old girl who is having a hard time loving herself out loud due to constant bullying at school, until she has a conversation with a teacher that will change everything! Venus' teacher takes the time to teach her about the Melanin Magic that makes her skin special. She supports Venus and encourages her to be herself.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798218182779
Publisher:	Katina Davis
Publication date:	03/31/2023
Pages:	28
Sales rank:	1,016,744
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.08(d)
Age Range:	6 - 8 Years

About the Author

Ms. Katina Davis is an Author, Mother, advocate and pillar of her community. A native Washingtonian by way of Miami, Florida, Katina received her formal education in the District of Columbia public school system. Her love for books and reading extends back to her early childhood. In fact, during her junior and senior years of high school, Katina landed her first job at Borders Books and Music where she was enchanted by thousands of books on a daily basis. As an employee at Borders, Katina was allowed to “borrow” books for up three days at a time – just like a library, which fed her obsession with books and reading even more. While she is passionate about reading, Katina gives credence to the fact that her mother is also and has always been an avid reader – her love for literature hails from her mother.

Katina continued her education at Trinity Washington University as an adult student while working to sustain herself and two children (at that time). Upon relocating from the Washington Metropolitan area, Katina would ultimately enter into an abusive relationship that sent her world crashing down and changed her life, forever. Although the abusive relationship nearly destroyed her, it allowed Katina to undergo an internal reconstruction in the process. After surviving the abusive relationship, Katina
started writing and, changed her trajectory by putting her trauma into the pages of books. While her first book “It’s Okay To Be Broken: Just Know You Can’t Stay There” was initially a vessel for healing, Katina rediscovered her love for books and writing through the publication of that book and decided to keep the momentum going. Today, she is a self-published author of two books and has released a second book that not only allowed her to heal wounds inflicted by her peers during her childhood but that also allows little Black & Brown girls around the world to feel seen, heard and understood. “Learning to Love Dark Skinned Me” is now available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and a plethora of other book sellers while her first in store book-signing is upcoming at Barnes & Noble. Katina is a pillar of strength and a shining example of what could be achieved after experiencing the debilitating effects of an abusive relationship and it is important for other survivors and children who experience bullying to see/hear what Katina has decided to share with the world.