She wants to use brown paint for her skin. Seven-year-old Lena is going to paint a picture of herself. A positive and affirming look at skin color, from an artist’s perspective. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.īook Description Paperback. 6-8) - Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. Lena realizes that every shade is beautiful, then mixes her paints accordingly for portraits of her friends``The colors of us!'' Bold illustrations celebrate diversity with a child's open-hearted sensibility and a mother's love. Pellegrino, the color of pizza crust, golden brown. Mom says she could eat me up'' she learns during a painting lesson that to get the color brown, she will have to ``mix red, yellow, black, and white paints.'' They go for a walk to observe the many shades of brown: they see Sonia, who is the color of creamy peanut butter Isabella, who is chocolate brown Lucy, both peachy and tan Jo-Jin, the color of honey Kyle, ``like leaves in fall'' Mr. This vibrant, thoughtful book from Katz (Over the Moon, 1997) continues her tribute to her adopted daughter, Lena, born in Guatemala.
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