What Color Is the Baby?: A Celebration of Skin Tones
By Harshini Vankineni
Illustrated by Neha Rawat
By Harshini Vankineni
Illustrated by Neha Rawat
Category: Children's Picture Books
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$18.99
Feb 04, 2025 | ISBN 9781536228946 | 4-8 years
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Praise
A poignant story that brilliantly tackles the important topic of colorism. In this well-told narrative, we follow a little girl speaking up to defend her newborn baby sister from micro-prejudices in the extended family. Harshini Vankineni’s What Color Is the Baby? is a beautiful celebration of dark skin tones, adorable sibling love, and welcoming a baby home.
—Meera Sriram, author of A Garden in My Hands
A tale of one sister’s unconditional love for her new baby sister that will pull at the heartstrings of all who read this poignant story.
—Patrice Karst, best-selling author of The Invisible String
What Color Is the Baby? A Celebration of Skin Tones is essential reading, a book that flips and reshapes ideas of color and beauty and celebrates us for all that we are.
—Angie Cruz, author of Angélica and La Güira
An extremely important book that teaches us that every shade and complexion is beautiful—a lesson that children innately understand.
—Nikkolas Smith, #1 New York Times best-selling illustrator of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
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