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black is brown is tan Hardcover - 2002

by Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)

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  • Hardcover

A groundbreaking poetry book, enlarged and newly reillustrated by award-winning poet Arnold Adoff and Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully.

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Amistad, 2002-03-26. Hardcover. Used:Good.
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  • Title black is brown is tan
  • Author Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition/Fi
  • Condition Used:Good
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amistad, New York
  • Date 2002-03-26
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # DADAX0060287764
  • ISBN 9780060287764 / 0060287764
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.28 x 8.78 x 0.41 in (28.65 x 22.30 x 1.04 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 540
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Multicultural
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Stories in rhyme, Racially mixed people
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00044864
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

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From the rear cover

Brown-skinned mama, the color of chocolate milk and pumpkin pie. White-skinned daddy, not the color of milk or snow, but light with pinks and tiny tans. And their two children, the beautiful colors of both. For an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love,

this is the way it is for us
this is the way we are

When it was first published in 1973, Black is Brown is Tan featured the first interracial family in children's books. Decades later, Arnold Adoff and Emily Arnold McCully continue to offer a joyous and loving celebration of all the colors of the race, now newly embellished with bright watercolor paintings that depict a contemporary family of the twenty-first century. And the chorus rings true as ever:

black is brown is tan
is girl is boy
is nose is face
is all the colors of the race

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Citations

  • Black Issues Book Review, 03/01/2004, Page 66
  • Booklist, 04/15/2002, Page 1405
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2002, Page 318
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 03/15/2002, Page 404
  • New York Times, 07/14/2002, Page 18
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/25/2002, Page 0
  • PW Notes and Reprints, 03/25/2002, Page 66
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2002, Page 76