| Black Is Brown Is Tan Contributor(s): Adoff, Arnold (Author), McCully, Emily Arnold (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0060287764 ISBN-13: 9780060287764 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: A groundbreaking poetry book, enlarged and newly reillustrated by award-winning poet Arnold Adoff and Caldecott Medalist Emily Arnold McCully. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - General |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 00044864 |
| Lexile Measure: 540 |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 8.78" W x 11.28" (0.89 lbs) 40 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 30633 Reading Level: 2.9 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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's and Emily Arnold McCully's picture book continues 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): McCully, Emily Arnold: - Emily Arnold McCully has illustrated more than a hundred books for children, including her own First Snow and Arnold Adoff's Black Is Brown Is Tan. She won the Caldecott Medal for her book Mirette On the High Wire. Adoff, Arnold: -Arnold Adoff has written over twenty-five books of poetry for young readers, including Slow Dance Heartbreak Blues, illustrated by William Cotton; and Street Music: City Poems, illustrated by Karen Barbour, both of which are available at your local library. He is the author of Malcolm X, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, and has also edited The Poetry of Black America. He has received the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children, and his trademark "shaped speech" writing style and his rhythmic poems have made him one of the most renowned children's poets of our time. Mr. Adoff and his wife, celebrated author Virginia Hamilton, live in Yellow Springs, Ohio. |