Honeysmoke

A Story of Finding Your Color

By: Monique Fields, Yesenia Moises (Illustrator)

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Hardcover | 8 January 2019

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Hardcover
32 Pages

Age
3+

Dimensions(cm)
22.2 x 28.6 x 1

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A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself-honeysmoke.

Simone wants a color.

She asks Mama, "Am I black or white?"

"Boo," Mama says, just like mamas do, "a color is just a word."

She asks Daddy, "Am I black or white?"

"Well," Daddy says, just like daddies do, "you're a little bit of both."

For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity.

Simone knows her color-she is honeysmoke.

An Imprint Book

"This will appeal to so many biracial kids looking for a way to embrace every part of themselves." -NBCNews.com

"A terrific addition to the WeNeedDiverseBooks canon, where it joins such books as Selina Alko''s I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother and Taye Diggs'' Mixed Me!." -Booklist

Industry Reviews

"Fields' extensive experience writing about race and identity translates with beautiful simplicity here for younger readers, and Moises paints Simone with great tenderness... A terrific addition to the WeNeedDiverseBooks canon, where it joins such books as Selina Alko's I'm Your Peanut Butter Big Brother and Taye Diggs' Mixed Me!." --Booklist

"My daughter, who is also multiracial, was asking about her own color word after reading the book. Monique Fields has multiracial kids herself... and this book serves as a kid-friendly way to start that conversation." --Geek Dad

"Honeysmoke is so beautiful and true that it made me burst into tears of gratitude for what [Monique Fields] has given to us all. Honeysmoke should be in every library and gathering place of young children."
--Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance

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