{"product_id":"what-color-is-the-baby-a-celebration-of-skin-tones-isbn-9781536228946","title":"What Color Is the Baby?: A Celebration of Skin Tones","description":"\u003cb\u003eA debut author takes a familiar loaded question, steeped in colorism, and turns it into one child’s openhearted celebration of her new baby sister. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Kundana meets her newborn sister, Kuku, she declares her the prettiest baby in the world. But as grandparents, aunts, and uncles welcome Kuku, all they want to know is what color she is. Is she a marigold like her sister? Or a white jasmine? As the family gazes at Kuku’s brown skin, big sister Kundana wonders why her family would care what color Kuku is—she’s beautiful! Inspired by first-time author Harshini Vankineni’s own experiences with colorism—the practice of treating people differently because of how dark or light their skin is—\u003ci\u003eWhat Color Is the Baby?\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving journey of a big sister finding a new and loving way to describe and defend her adored baby sister, while Neha Rawat’s warm illustrations delight with coziness and love of family.A poignant story that brilliantly tackles the important topic of colorism. In this well-told narrative, we follow a little girl speaking up to defend her newborn baby sister from micro-prejudices in the extended family. Harshini Vankineni’s \u003ci\u003eWhat Color Is the Baby?\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful celebration of dark skin tones, adorable sibling love, and welcoming a baby home.\u003cbr\u003e—Meera Sriram, author of A Garden in My Hands\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tale of one sister’s unconditional love for her new baby sister that will pull at the heartstrings of all who read this poignant story.\u003cbr\u003e—Patrice Karst, best-selling author of The Invisible String\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat Color Is the Baby? A Celebration of Skin Tones \u003c\/i\u003eis essential reading, a book that flips and reshapes ideas of color and beauty and celebrates us for all that we are.\u003cbr\u003e—Angie Cruz, author of Angélica and La Güira\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely important book that teaches us that every shade and complexion is beautiful—a lesson that children innately understand.\u003cbr\u003e—Nikkolas Smith, #1 New York Times best-selling illustrator of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sweet story tackles a loaded question that crops up in many South Asian families. . . The tale gently reminds adult readers that children absorb attitudes and prejudices they see around them. . . A feel-good story that asks us to look beyond color to see the beauty in everyone.\u003cbr\u003e—Kirkus Reviews\u003cb\u003eHarshini Vankineni\u003c\/b\u003e is fluent in four languages and is a member of SCBWI. \u003ci\u003eWhat Color Is the Baby?\u003c\/i\u003e is her publishing debut. An immigrant from India, Harshini Vankineni lives in Southern California with her husband and two young children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeha Rawat \u003c\/b\u003eis an engineer and the illustrator of several books for young readers, including \u003ci\u003eMasala Chai\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Fast and Slow \u003c\/i\u003eby Rajani LaRocca, \u003ci\u003eZuni and the Memory Jar \u003c\/i\u003eby Aisha Saeed, and \u003ci\u003eThe Totally NOT Wicked Stepmother\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in India.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300946104549,"sku":"NP9781536228946","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536228946.jpg?v=1767743811","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/what-color-is-the-baby-a-celebration-of-skin-tones-isbn-9781536228946","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}