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Does skin colour determine the friends a preschooler can make? How does it feel to be ´different´ amongst peers in a preschool setting? Addressing these key questions, "Colours of Friendship" explores the views, attitudes and feelings of a small group of preschoolers in Singapore on the process of friend selection and in some cases, the despair of rejection. Children´s viewpoints are projected in their own voices through the innovative use of Persona Dolls and coloured photographs in semi-structured interviews. "Colours of Friendship" will be a valuable addition to the libraries of teachers and researchers who want to understand children´s experiences first-hand and who seek to co-build a world with our children, which is foundationed on mutual respect and acceptance of the myraid differences that make our planet an interesting place to call home.

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Mercy Karuniah Jesuvadian is a Lecturer with Early Childhood and Special Needs Academic Group, at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. A teacher by profession, she taught in schools for about nine years before pursuing a Phd, investigating socio-emotional development in young children.

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