num_pages: 40
description: Brown-skinned mama, the color of chocolate milk and pumpkin pie. White-skinned daddy, not the color of milk or snow, but light with pinks and tiny tans. And their two children, the beautiful colors of both. For an all-American family, full of joy, warmth, and love, When it was first published in 1973, Black is Brown is Tan featured the first interracial family in children's books. Decades later, Arnold Adoff and Emily Arnold McCully continue to offer a joyous and loving celebration of all the colors of the race, now newly embellished with bright watercolor paintings that depict a contemporary family of the twenty-first century. And the chorus rings true as 
language: English
title: black is brown is tan
titlecomplete: black is brown is tan
genres: Cultural, Family, Fiction, Picture Books, Poetry, Childrens, Contemporary, Race, African American, Love
ratings_count: 830
publisher: Amistad