About this title: A collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness," "Cranberry Red," and "Biscuit Brown," celebrating individuality and Afro-American identity.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: Cooper, Floyd. New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Pr
Date Published: 2008-07-01
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780060253752. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253769ISBN:0060253762
Description: Cooper, Floyd. New. Library binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: New, Publisher overstock, may have small remainder mark. Excellent condition, never read, purchased from publisher as excess inventory. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: JOANNA COTLER BOOKS
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: New. Two Coretta Scott King Honorees celebrate the many shades of black in this lyrical and illuminating collection of poems, including "Golden Goodness, " "Cranberry Red, " and "Biscuit Brown. " Full color. read more
Edition: 1ST ED, 1ST PRT
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins, NY
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: Cooper, Floyd. As New. As New DJ. 1ST ED, 1ST PRT. WON BOTH 2009 CORETTA SCOTT KING MEDAL (ART) & HONOR (TEXT). Lyrical collection of juvenile poetry by NATIONAL BOOK AWARD winner Joyce Carol Oates. Outstanding art by Floyd Cooper. Celebrates the many shades of black. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253769ISBN:0060253762
Description: Cooper, Floyd. New. Library binding. Cloth over boards. Picture book. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Amistad Press
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780060253752ISBN:0060253754
Description: Cooper, Floyd. New in new dust jacket. Signed by author. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. read more
"Joyce Carol Thomas celebrates the many colors of children's skin in The Blacker the Berry. Her imagery uses blackberries, raspberries, huckleberries, cranberries, snowberries, black coffee, brown biscuits, the night sky, etc. to illustrate the myriad shades of children who are of many races: A boy with Irish and African ancestors who has reddish-brown skin and crinkly red hair, "redder than a cranberry" when he was born. The African-Native American boy whose mother says he is "Red raspberries stirred into blackberries". The African American girl whose skin is white but feels black and wants to be "as black as midnight and moonless water." Very powerful images fill this book. My favorite illustration is at the end of the book; it is a collage of the faces of all the kids from all the poems throughout the book. This is definitely a read-aloud; the poems have fairly complicated language. (Gr. 1-6)"
"Thirteen poems celebrate the many skin tones to be found in the African-American community, and the diverse families who created them, in Joyce Carol Thomas' The Blacker the Berry. A young boy in Raspberry Black proudly claims his Seminole great-great-grandmother, whose children were "the color of black dipped in red." A young girl comes to understand, in Golden Goodness," that her bronzed skin is a beautiful and generous hue. Another child, in Cranberry Red, notes that her Irish ancestors "reddened the Africa in my face."
While I approve whole-heartedly of the dual purpose of Thomas' book, to increase awareness of the diversity within the African-American community, and to promote a positive self-image for the children of that community, I wasn't always "wowed" by the poems themselves. I was also a little uncomfortable with Snowberries, in which a light-skinned girl wishes that she were "as black as midnight." While this might be an understandable feeling, in a world that doesn't acknowledge diversity, it struck me as out of keeping with the affirmative nature of the rest of Thomas' pieces. Surely, if the point is to encourage children to feel good about who they are, then being a "Snowberry" should be something to be celebrated?
Leaving aside this one questionable piece however, the overall tone is one of joy - an impression heightened by Floyd Cooper's beautiful oil paintings, which were awarded the 2009 Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration. A lush palette, deft use of light, and a tenderly expressive "tone" make these illustrations a true pleasure to contemplate! Well worth the honors bestowed upon them!"
"Read for children's lit class. A book of poetry for children that shows the beauty of the various colors we all come in. I thought that some of the poems might be a bit complicated for children (that might be because I'm often confused by poetry!) but even with that I thought they were pretty poems that are a great way to introduce being proud of our variety."
"From the deep color of blackberries to the sun-ripened red of cranberries, Joyce Carol Thomas's poetry compares the hues of a variety of berries to the many shades of skin color in the African-American community. Each poem is a celebration of the beautiful, rich tones on the canvases of our skin, echoing the sentiment that "black is beautiful", whether it is raspberry black, coffee black, snowberry white, or the yellow-black of a huckleberry bush. Cooper's luminescent paintings are the poetry's perfect complement, with lush golds and browns and light reflecting off each subject's skin. This is a fine addition for elementary poetry collections."
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