Full name: Shades of Black: a Celebration of Our Children

Author: Sandra L. Pinkney Year: 2000 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Poetry Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780439148924 9780439802512 0439148928 0439802512

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