Full name: The Blacker the Berry: Poems

Author: Joyce Carol Thomas Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Politics, Poetry, Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780060253752 0060253754

Black is dazzling and distinctive, like toasted wheat berry bread; snowberries in the fall; rich, red cranberries; and the bronzed last leaves of summer. In this lyrical and luminous poetry collection, Coretta Scott King honorees Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper celebrate these many shades of black beautifully. Included in Brightly.com's 2017 list of recommended diverse poetry picture books for kids. "Highly recommended for home and school libraries," commented Brightly's Charnaie Gordon. "Each melodic poem eloquently conveys the beauty of different skin tones and complexions. There are also themes of family, traditions, feelings, self-love, and acceptance echoed throughout this book." We are color struck  The way an artist strikes His canvas with his brush of many hues Look closely at these mirrors these palettes of skin Each color is rich in its own right Similar books: I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes Brown Honey in Broomwheat Tea by Joyce Carol Thomas Soul Looks Back in Wonder by Tom Feelings The Negro Speaks of Rivers by Langston Hughes Thanks a Million by Nikki Grimes Harlem by Walter Dean Myers Meet Danitra Brown by Nikki Grimes Naming Our Destiny by June Jordan The Way a Door Closes by Hope Anita Smith Hey Black Child by Useni Eugene Perkins The Rose That Grew From Concrete by Tupac Shakur The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes Dear Darkness by Kevin Young Sonata Mulattica by Rita Dove American Dreams by Sapphire Poems to Learn by Heart by Caroline Kennedy When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Fogliano Winter Poems by Barbara Rogasky Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins Winter Lights by Anna Grossnickle Hines