Overview
A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown. When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Tan, sienna, topaz, or tamarind? Poet Malathi Michelle Iyengar sees a whole spectrum of beautiful shades of brown. Swirls of henna decorate ocher hands and feet at an Indian wedding. Cinnamon lips smile over a cup of café con leche. And maple leaves drift like stars onto upturned russet faces in fall. This warm and inviting poetry collection helps young readers discover that no matter what your skin tone, every shade is beautiful. Jamel Akib's pastel illustrations bring the richness of brown to vivid, varied life.
Full Product Details
Author: Malathi Michelle Iyengar ,
Jamel Akib
Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
Imprint: Children's Book Press (CA)
Dimensions:
Width: 20.60cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.118kg
ISBN: 9780892394128
ISBN 10: 0892394129
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 15 January 2017
Recommended Age: From 8 to 9 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""This exploration of the diversity within the spectrum of brown is a lovely tribute to the color."" -- School Library Journal ""Brown is beautiful in all its shades of skin color and in what children see, feel, taste, smell, and touch everywhere. . . The joyful graphic details range from the ocher-brown mehendi design on an Indian bride's hands to an adobe home on the windswept desert. In a note, Iyengar remembers hating her brown skin as a child; her book shows how lucky she feels now."" -- Booklist ""A joyful celebration of all sorts of brown-tinted skin colors."" -- The Bloomsbury Review ""Iyengar's poetry trickles down in sweetness like golden brown honey in the sunlight and makes it clear, without protest, that brown is simply beautiful."" -- Paper Tigers"
This exploration of the diversity within the spectrum of brown is a lovely tribute to the color. -- School Library Journal Brown is beautiful in all its shades of skin color and in what children see, feel, taste, smell, and touch everywhere... The joyful graphic details range from the ocher-brown mehendi design on an Indian bride's hands to an adobe home on the windswept desert. In a note, Iyengar remembers hating her brown skin as a child; her book shows how lucky she feels now. -- Booklist A joyful celebration of all sorts of brown-tinted skin colors. -- The Bloomsbury Review Iyengar's poetry trickles down in sweetness like golden brown honey in the sunlight and makes it clear, without protest, that brown is simply beautiful. -- PaperTigers
Author Information
Malathi Iyengar is a poet, writer, and teacher. She currently teaches at a public elementary school where she is happy to see lots of beautiful brown faces every day. Malathi lives in Los Angeles, California. Jamel Akib is an award-winning illustrator whose work has appeared in several picture books as well as in numerous museum and gallery shows in England, including several Best of British Illustration exhibitions. A full-time illustrator of English and Malaysian ancestry, Akib now lives with his family in Salisbury, England.
