{"product_id":"black-is-brown-is-tan-9780060287764","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCully, Emily Arnold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eEmily Arnold McCully has illustrated more than a hundred books for children, including her own \u003cem\u003eFirst Snow\u003c\/em\u003e and Arnold Adoff's \u003cem\u003eBlack Is Brown Is Tan\u003c\/em\u003e. She won the Caldecott Medal for her book \u003cem\u003eMirette On the High Wire\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdoff, Arnold:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eArnold Adoff has written over twenty-five books of poetry for young readers, including \u003cem\u003eSlow Dance Heartbreak Blues, \u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by William Cotton; and \u003cem\u003eStreet Music: City Poems, \u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Karen Barbour, both of which are available at your local library. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMalcolm X, \u003c\/em\u003e illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez, and has also edited\u003cem\u003e The Poetry of Black America. \u003c\/em\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMr. Adoff and his wife, celebrated author Virginia Hamilton, live in Yellow Springs, Ohio.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50502906315026,"sku":"9780060287764","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3338bd99-617c-4627-9658-cf8fcf298836.jpg?v=1730778797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/black-is-brown-is-tan-9780060287764","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}