Honeysmoke - by Monique Fields (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A young biracial girl searches for the perfect color word to describe herself in this picture book with a universal theme of self-identity. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself--honeysmoke.</b> <p/>Simone wants a color. <p/><i>She asks Mama, "Am I black or white?"</i> <p/><i>"Boo," Mama says, just like mamas do, "a color is just a word."</i> <p/><i>She asks Daddy, "Am I black or white?"</i> <p/><i>"Well," Daddy says, just like daddies do, "you're a little bit of both."</i> <p/>For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity. <p/><i>Simone knows her color--she is honeysmoke.</i> <p/><b>An Imprint Book</b> <p/>This <b>will appeal to so many biracial kids</b> looking for a way to embrace every part of themselves. --NBCNews.com <p/><b>A terrific addition to the WeNeedDiverseBooks canon</b>, where it joins such books as Selina Alko's <i>I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother</i> and Taye Diggs' <i>Mixed Me!</i>. --<i>Booklist</i></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Fields' extensive experience writing about race and identity translates with beautiful simplicity here for younger readers, and Moises paints Simone with great tenderness... <b>A terrific addition to the WeNeedDiverseBooks canon</b>, where it joins such books as Selina Alko's <i>I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother</i> and Taye Diggs' <i>Mixed Me!</i>. --<i>Booklist</i> <p/>My daughter, who is also multiracial, was asking about her own color word after reading the book. Monique Fields has multiracial kids herself... and this book serves as <b>a kid-friendly way to start that conversation.</b> --<i>Geek Dad</i> <p/><i>Honeysmoke </i>is so <i>beautiful</i> and <i>true </i>that it made me burst into tears of gratitude for what [Monique Fields] has given to us all. <i>Honeysmoke </i><b>should be in every library and gathering place of young children</b>.<br>--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of <i>Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, </i>and <i>Abundance<br></i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Monique Fields </b>is an award-winning journalist. Her essays about race and identity have appeared on air, in print, and online, including NPR's <i>All Things Considered</i>, <i>Ebony</i> magazine, and TheRoot.com<i>.</i> She is the founder and editor of Honeysmoke.com, a site for parents raising multiracial children, and she is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Monique lives in Alabama with her husband and their two daughters. She is the author of <i>Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color.</i> <p/><b>Yesenia Moises</b> is an Afro-Latina illustrator and designer with a specialty in product design. When she's not making toys for kids, her pastimes include indulging in really silly dating sims and playing with her wildly photogenic dog Divo. Yesenia is the illustrator of <i>Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color</i>.</p>
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