black is brown is tan
Originally published in 1973,Black Is Brown Is Tanwas the first  children's book to feature an interracial family. In this 21st-century version,  with new, sunlight-drenched watercolors, Mom is still "a tasty tan and coffee  pumpkin pie / with dark brown eyes and almond ears," and Daddy is "light with  pinks and tiny tans / dark hair growing on my arms / that darken in the summer  sun / brown eyes / big yellow ears." The happy, normal family goes about their  day, drinking milk, barbecuing, spending time with grandmas and aunts and  uncles, and reading stories. Throughout, they celebrate "all the colors of the  race":black is brown is tanis girl is boyis nose isfaceis allthecolorsof the raceThis warm and loving story is just as meaningful today as it was decades ago.  Readers from multicultural families, especially, will appreciate this tribute to  the diversity of the American family from renowned poet Arnold Adoff (Touch the Poem) and Caldecott  Medal-winning illustrator, Emily Arnold McCully (Mirette on the High Wire).  (Ages 4 to 8)--Emilie Coulter--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.