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Iyengar, Malathi Michelle

Tan to Tamarind: Poems About the Color Brown

32 pp. | Children's | April, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-89239-227-8 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Jamel Akib. Each of the fifteen poems in this collection celebrates a shade of brown, relating to skin tone and cultural traditions ("Ocher brown... / Like mehendi designs..."). From the sepia of old photos and "Aunty's brown hand" to the beige of feet and sand, the free-verse poems make it clear that all browns are beautiful. Dark-hued illustrations highlight the color's warmth.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

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