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Colors Come from God Just Like Me

Resource Type

Book

Description

Writing for her "Ethiopian princess"/ granddaughter, Forche has produced a book that speaks to the needs of all children to feel acceptance and pride in who and how they are. Using the book of Genesis (with biblical references cited on each page), she stresses the variety in all creation. Of obvious interest to African American children ("God made me a beautiful brown" is a leitmotif), the book so employs the rainbow theme that it can speak to every child. Unfortunately, Cox's large watercolor-and-ink illustrations, while workmanlike, are not up to the job at hand. Likewise, Forche's vacillation between rhyming quatrains and free verse is jarring when read aloud; but even given these caveats, the spirit of this book is beyond reproach and its message desperately needed.--From Publishers Weekly

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)

Languages

English

ISBN

0687006503

Author

Carolyn Forche

Publication

1996 Abingdon Press

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