Brown Girl in the Snow

By Yolanda Marshall

Book Overview

A Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year 2025

A CBC Best Book of the Year 2025

A 2026 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards Commended Book

Perfect for kids aged 4-8 comes a stunning picture book about persistence, being creative in the garden, and adapting to a new place.

When Amina moves from the Caribbean to a new snowy home, she misses growing her favorite foods. There are no coconut trees to climb, no gardens full of sweet potatoes and callaloo--only ice and snow. As Amina looks out her frosted window, she sings a traditional children's song from back home, adding her own twist: "There's a brown girl in the snow, tra la la la la, where none of her plants will grow."

Determined to find a way to make her favorite plants grow in a new climate, she comes across a possible solution after discovering a library book about gardening and greenhouses. Perhaps there is a way to grow sweet potatoes, after all

This stunning picture book written by a Guyanese-born author features:
An introduction to gardening and greenhousesA note from the author about the inspiration behind the story
With gorgeous images by Marianne Ferrer, and moving text by Yolanda T. Marshall, Brown Girl in the Snow is inspired by a traditional Caribbean children's song and captures a child's unwavering persistence and passion, as she grows into her new home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771649267
• ISBN13: 9781771649261
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Greystone Kids
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3