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  • Black Is a Rainbow Color

Black Is a Rainbow Color

Author
Angela Joy
Illustrator
Ekua Holmes
Publication Date
January 14, 2020
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Black Is a Rainbow Color
Description

A child reflects on the meaning of being Black in this moving and powerful anthem about a people, a culture, a history, and a legacy that lives on.

Red is a rainbow color.

Green sits next to blue.

Yellow, orange, violet, indigo,

They are rainbow colors, too, but

My color is black . . .

And there's no BLACK in rainbows.

From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back, Black surrounds our lives. It is a color to simply describe some of our favorite things, but it also evokes a deeper sentiment about the incredible people who helped change the world and a community that continues to grow and thrive.


Publication date
January 14, 2020
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781626726314
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
BISAC categories
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV039220 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues
Library of Congress categories
History
African Americans
Stories in rhyme
Angela Joy

Angela Joy was born and raised in North Minneapolis, MN, half a block from the little pink house that Prince called home. She found inspiration, training, and opportunity within his tight-knit community of artistic colleagues, priming her for a successful career in music. In 1999 she performed live with Prince at Madison Square Garden. Angela now uses lessons learned in music to write lyrical poetry, including the award-winning books Black is a Rainbow Color and Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement.

Jacqueline Alcántara is the award-winning illustrator of The Field and its companion Climb On!, both written by Baptiste Paul, Freedom Soup, written by New York Times bestselling author Tami Charles, Jump at the Sun, written by Newbery Honoree Alicia D. Williams, and Your Mama, written by NoNieqa Ramos, which was a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. Her works have received multiple starred reviews and been named Best Books of the Year by Kirkus, School Library Journal, Shelf Awareness and The Horn Book, among others. She draws and teaches illustration in Chicago, IL.

ALSC Notable Children's Book
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2021
NCTE Notable Poetry Book
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2021
Notable Social Studies Trade Book of the NCSS/CBC
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2021
New York Public Library Best Book of 2020
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Washington Post Best Book of 2020
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Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year
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Jane Addams Children's Book Award
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Honoree 2020
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