{"product_id":"black-is-brown-is-tan-isbn-9780064436441","title":"black is brown is tan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrown-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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love, \u003cem\u003ethis is the way it is for us \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ethis is the way we are\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen it was first published in 1973, b\u003cem\u003elack is brown is tan\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the chorus rings true as ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eblack is brown is tan\u003cbr\u003eis girl is boy\u003cbr\u003eis nose is face\u003cbr\u003eis all the colors of the race\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eBrown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, whose face gets tomato red when he puffs and yells their children into bed. Children who are all the colors of the race, growing up happy in a house full of love. This is the way it is for them; this is the way they are, but the joy they feel extends to every reader of this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack is brown is tan\u003c\/em\u003e is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Fragmented verse lovingly explores the colors of multicultural families.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“McCully has completely redesigned and reillustrated this new edition….the full-color paintings of an interracial family are warm and joyful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887433609445,"sku":"NP9780064436441","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780064436441.jpg?v=1730226108","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/black-is-brown-is-tan-isbn-9780064436441","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}