I Am Brown

by Ashok Banker, Sandhya Prabhat (Illustrator)

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"I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I won this prize. I wrote this book. A joyful celebration of the skin you're in--of being brown, of being amazing, of being you" --

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Bursting with exuberance and joy. Gorgeous illustrations. (

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bmanglass | Aug 31, 2023 |

A beautiful book full of illustrations celebrating the skin color you have, telling them that it is amazing to be who you are, expressing to children that they look different that they are the same as everyone else, dress the same, speak the same, pray and do the same things as everyone. (

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Bernardettes | Feb 22, 2022 |

A celebration of brown-skinned kids and their humanity. Share with kids of all shades and encourage them to notice the activities and interests mentioned that they too enjoy, thus connecting us all in our common humanity. (

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Salsabrarian | Apr 13, 2021 |

This children's book is about brown people and how they do everything that everyone does. This book highlights jobs, foods, languages and origins. This book shows that we are all the same no matter our skin color and that we are all capable of the same things. This book does a great job of illustrating this and this book would be perfect for younger children. (

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Allisonhefti | Nov 16, 2020 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Ashok Banker	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Prabhat, Sandhya	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed

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"I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I won this prize. I wrote this book. A joyful celebration of the skin you're in--of being brown, of being amazing, of being you" --

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