Description
For fans of Hair Love and Eyes that Kiss in the Corners, here is an empowering picture book about recognizing the beauty around you and within you by award-winning author Supriya Kelkar and rising star illustrator Noor Sofi.
Brown is beautiful.
On a hike with her grandparents, a young Indian-American girl makes note of all the things in nature that are brown, too. From a nurturing mother bear, to the steadiness of deep twisting roots, to the beauty of a wild mustang, brown is everywhere! On her way, the girl collects the beautiful brown things she encounters as mementos for a scrapbook to share with a very special new addition to her family - a baby brother!
Brown is you.
Brown is me.
Contributor Bio
Supriya Kelkar is an illustrator and a screenwriter who grew up in the Midwest, where she learned Hindi as a child by watching three Hindi movies a week. In addition to illustrating, she writes award-winning middle grade novels, graphic novels, and picture books, including Thank You, Teacher!, Brown Is Beautiful and My Name. Noor Sofi , illustrator of Supriya Kelkar's Brown Is Beautiful, is a Kashmiri-American Visual Development artist who works in Burbank, California at Taiko Animation Studios. She loves coming up with stories, wandering around art galleries, and hanging with her cat, Momo.
More details
Farrar Straus & Giroux
Imprint : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Fall 2022
Cloth | 11.4 x 11.8
Full-color illustrations throughout
JUVENILE FICTION / Diversity & Multicultural
4-8 years
