Tan to Tamarind: Poems about the Color Brown

by Malathi Michelle Iyengar

Book Overview

A poetry collection that explores the spectrum of beautiful shades of brown.When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Tan, sienna, topaz, or tamarind? Poet Malathi Michelle Iyengar sees a whole spectrum of beautiful shades of brown. Swirls of henna decorate ocher hands and feet at an Indian wedding. Cinnamon lips smile over a cup of caf? con leche. And maple leaves drift like stars onto upturned russet faces in fall. This warm and inviting poetry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892394129
• ISBN13: 9780892394128
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.1" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4