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Black Is Brown Is Tan
By Emily Arnold McCully (illustrator) and Arnold Adoff
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Harpercollins
Publication date April 1, 2002
Binding Library
Book category Easy Fiction
ISBN-13 9780060287771
ISBN-10 0060287772
Dimensions 0.50 by 8.50 by 11.50 in.
Weight 0.90 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $15.89
Other format details juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

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 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



Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780060200831 Book cover for 9780060287764
 
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | from Amistad Pr (March 1, 2002)
9780060287764 | details & prices | 8.25 × 11.25 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.90 lbs | List price $17.99
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
With Ezra Jack Keats, Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | Reissue edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (February 1, 1987)
9780060200831 | details & prices | 31 pages | 6.25 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.45 lbs | List price $15.00
This edition also contains A Letter to Amy
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780064432696 Book cover for 9780064436441
 
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Amistad Pr (January 1, 2004)
9780064436441 | details & prices | 40 pages | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.40 lbs | List price $6.99
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | Reprint edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (January 1, 1992)
9780064432696 | details & prices | 31 pages | 5.75 × 8.00 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.15 lbs | List price $5.95
About: Describes in verse the life of brown-skinned momma, white-skinned daddy, their children, and assorted relatives.
Library
Book cover for 9780060200848 Book cover for 9780060287771
 
The price comparison is for this edition
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | from Harpercollins (April 1, 2002)
9780060287771 | details & prices | 8.50 × 11.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.90 lbs | List price $15.89
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | from Harpercollins (October 1, 1973)
9780060200848 | details & prices | 31 pages | 6.25 × 8.35 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.89
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
Reinforced
With Emily Arnold McCully (other contributor) | from Demco Media (March 1, 2004)
9780606296892 | details & prices | 8.75 × 11.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.80 lbs | List price $14.70
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
Prebinding
Book cover for 9780613719506
 
from Turtleback Books (January 30, 2004)
9780613719506 | details & prices | 8.50 × 11.00 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.95 lbs | List price $17.20
About: Describes in verse a family with a brown-skinned mother, white-skinned father, two children, and their various relatives.
from Bt Bound (October 1, 1999)
9780833579652 | details & prices | 6.00 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.40 lbs | List price $14.10
About: Describes in verse the life of brown-skinned momma, white-skinned daddy, their children, and assorted relatives.

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