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A joyously affirming rhyming picture book that follows a young boy on an adventure to find and celebrate From new school desks to freckles and moles, from fresh pastries to cedar canoes, brown is everywhere around us. It''s a color that describes the giant California redwoods and the Grand Canyon walls, busy beavers building dams and great horned owls hoo-hooing. Illustrated by Pura Belpré Honor Award artist Sara Palacios,
About the author
Xochitl (So-Cheel) Dixon is the picture book author of Different Like Me, What Color Is God’s Love?, and Wonderfully, Marvelously Brown. She also encourages readers through her custom designs at Worship Expressed, the ministries of Our Daily Bread, and adult devotionals like Waiting for God: Trusting Daily in God’s Plan and Pace and the ECPA bestseller God Hears Her. Serving God with her beautifully diverse family and her service dog, Callie, Xochitl loves Jesus, her neighbors, and readers like you!
Sara Palacios is the recipient of the Pura Belpré Honor Award for her work on Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match and has illustrated many picture books for children. Sara earned her BFA and MFA degrees in illustration from the Academy of Art University. She lives in San Francisco with her husband.