What Does Brown Mean to You?

What Does Brown Mean to You?This joyously affirming picture book follows a young boy throughout his day as he plays, paints, and bakes, making positive associations with the color of his skin. To Benny, brown is more than just a color. Brown is his Grams coffee and his Gramps morning kiss. Brown is the wooden spoon he uses for mixing and baking. Its the ground that grows the tomatoes he loves and its the log he plays on. Brown is the fuzzy blanket he takes to his room at the end

and more give young readers a front-row seat to his life

Melvin Moose has a problem

Even if it means taking down the boy she loves—who might be the mastermind behind the coming devastation

and her always unforgettable voice

expressive illustrations by Rafael Mayani highlight the tenderness in Abuelita and the narrator’s relationship

to the criminalization of dreadlocks

independent young readers

ser misionera

whose family is from Mexico City

And she can disguise herself to look like

Racism has persisted throughout history—but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it

until after Jackie Robinson crossed over to the majors in 1947