Emma W. Thomas
Mrs.
Emma Thomas grew up in Tallahassee, Florida.
At an early age she wanted to be an artist.
As time progressed, she saw the value and enjoyment that many
teachers in her area received from teaching.
This won her over and she decided to go to college with her
grandmother’s help to become a teacher.
She earned a degree in Early Childhood and
Elementary Education, with a minor in Middle School Science.
In college, Mrs. Thomas met her husband, Willie.
She is a proud parent of a daughter and now has a
granddaughter that she cherishes deeply.
Through the years of teaching, Mrs. Thomas has met many
students and parents from a variety of backgrounds and
cultural diversities.
She learned from her students on how to share love and grow to
appreciate their ability to look beyond skin color.
This led her to writing a book about the different beautiful
flowers (colors of people) which has turned into her first book:
The Family with Many Colors.
Story
by Emma Thomas
Illustrations by Dimitri Garcia
Today’s world is full of diversity and it comes in many shapes,
sizes, creeds and so much more.
In this wonderful story of a
Family with Many Colors,
children learn that being different is not only ok, but it’s cool,
hip and fun.
Family with Many Colors
shows how love does not stop at one color, or style.
Love embraces everyone
and everything. To show
true love and acceptance, we
must look beyond the color barrier, embrace the uniqueness in all of
us and know that being different is not wrong, just different which
adds to our rich culture and life.