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  • black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 6, 2004)
    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 areWhen 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 tanis girl is boyis nose is faceis all the colors of the race
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  • black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, March 26, 2002)
    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 areWhen 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 tanis girl is boyis nose is faceis all the colors of the race
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  • black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Library Binding (Amistad, March 26, 2002)
    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 areWhen it was first published in 1973, Black is Brown is Tan featured the first interracial family in children's books. Decades later, Arnold Adoff and Emily Arnold McCully continue 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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  • black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 30, 1992)
    Brown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, whose face gets tomato red when he puffs and yells their children into bed. Children who are all the colors of the race, growing up happy in a house full of love. This is the way it is for them; this is the way they are, but the joy they feel extends to every reader of this book.Black is brown is tan is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth.
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  • Black Is Brown Is Tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 6, 2004)
    Brown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, whose face gets tomato red when he puffs and yells their children into bed. Children who are all the colors of the race, growing up happy in a house full of love. This is the way it is for them; this is the way they are, but the joy they feel extends to every reader of this book."Black is brown is tan" is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth.
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  • Black is Brown is Tan

    Arnold Adoff

    Paperback (Amistad, Jan. 6, 2004)
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  • black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Hardcover (HarperColl, Oct. 24, 1973)
    Brown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, whose face gets tomato red when he puffs and yells their children into bed. Children who are all the colors of the race, growing up happy in a house full of love. This is the way it is for them; this is the way they are, but the joy they feel extends to every reader of this book.Black is brown is tan is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth.
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  • Black Is Brown Is Tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-22, May 22, 2008)
    Brown-skinned momma, the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie, whose face gets ginger red when she puffs and yells the children into bed. White-skinned daddy, not white like milk or snow, lighter than brown, With pinks and tiny tans, whose face gets tomato red when he puffs and yells their children into bed. Children who are all the colors of the race, growing up happy in a house full of love. This is the way it is for them; this is the way they are, but the joy they feel extends to every reader of this book.Black is brown is tan is a story poem about being, a beautiful true song about a family delighting in each other and in the good things of the earth.
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  • Black Is Brown Is Tan

    Arnold Adoff, Emily Arnold McCully

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Oct. 1, 1973)
    Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
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  • BLACK IS BROWN IS TAN

    Emily Arnold Adoff, Arnold; McCully

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Aug. 16, 1973)
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  • Black is brown is tan

    Arnold Adoff

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 16, 1992)
    Very nice Collectible 2002 FIRST EDITION large hardcover-No Remainder Marks-Number line is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-Green Dust Jacket picturing mother, father, daughter and son-Only minimal store shelf wear to dust jacket or book-Inscription on first page before title page- Fabulous color illustrations by noted artist , Emily Arnold McCully-this book is otherwise unmarked and tightly bound-We e-mail you day of delivery and ship within 24 hours. Buy with confidence from an avid reader (non smoker, no pets) selling many First editions, classics and hard to find collectible books. We package items carefully
  • black is brown is tan by Adoff, Arnold

    Adoff

    Hardcover (Amistad, 2002, )
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