Contents for Hutchison’s Tell Me Why I Am Who I Am

Why I Wrote this Book. 5

The Human Family: In the Beginning. 7

Why People Changed. 8

Differences are good. 8

A Variety of People in the Human Family. 9

Why People have Different Skin Colors. 9

Melanin: a special chemical for protection. 11

Adaptation, skin color, and body economics. 12

Why do some people have a yellowish skin color?. 14

How your skin color is connected to ultra violet rays. 14

When parents and their children have different skin colors. 15

Special cases of skin color, and why we have reddish or purplish lips. 16

Freckles and moles. 17

Taking your vitamin D—through your skin! 17

Talking about tanning. 19

Why do people blush?. 20

You and Your Hair. 20

To shave or not to shave. 22

Why we have curly or straight hair 22

Why do some people’s hair change from straight to curly?. 23

Why we have different hair colors. 24

Why we grow grey or white hair 26

Why some people’s hair colors change. 26

Hairstyles and hair care. 26

Why some of us grow bald. 28

Why do some people with cancer lose their hair?. 29

Talking about Your Nose. 31

How your nose and taste are related. 31

Your nose and your face. 32

Your nose size, shape, and climate: interesting connections. 32

Why People have Different Eye Colors. 35

Hazel, amber, and other eye colors. 37

Let’s Be All Ears—For a Good Reason. 37

Different kinds of ears for special jobs. 38

What Makes You a Boy or Girl?. 40

One Last Thing: Your Body and Your Health. 41

Some bad things we do to our bodies. 41

Eating too much sugar 42

Eating too much fat 43

Eating too much salt 43

Too much eating. 44

Too little sleep. 45

Some good things we do for our bodies. 45

Exercising—and why it is important. 46

Eating well—and why we need to do so. 46

Conclusion. 47

Index and Vocabulary Study. 49