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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
is girl is boy
is nose is face
is all the colors of the race<

Black Is Brown Is Tan

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/03/2002
      ISBN13: 9780060287764, 978-0060287764
      ISBN10: 0060287764

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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
      is girl is boy
      is nose is face
      is all the colors of the race      <

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