Brown Is Warm, Black Is Bright Young Adult set in locales from Miami

set in locales from Miami and Port-au-Prince to a small unnamed country in the Caribbean and beyond

Winner of the William Dean Howells Medal

Otis Redding's classic song "Respect"--as popularized by Aretha Franklin--becomes an empowering picture book exploring the concept of mutual respect through the eyes of a young girl

—and hears the school bus coming down the street—VROOM VROOM

This eye-opening memoir from Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell

Brown Is Warm, Black Is Bright Young Adult set in locales from MiamiA long overdue book that lyrically celebrates and teaches positive associations with two of the most important colors on Earth, black and brown. Have you ever paused to savor the power and beauty of brown and black? Brown is strong as a tree and sweet as honey in tea; black is the hopeful promise of a seed and the grace of a bird in flight and the quiet space where dreams begin. In this groundbreaking picture book, poetic text and lush imagery