A Rainbow All Around Me. (children's bookshelf).A Rainbow All Around Me by Sandra L. Pinkney Photographs by Myles C. Pinkney Cartwheel Books/Scholastic February 2002 $14.95 ISBN-0-439-30928-X Ages 3 to 6 A Rainbow All Around Me is the follow-up to Sandra and Myles Pinkney's Shades of Black Shades of Black is a community organisation in the Handsworth area of Birmingham, England, formed after the Handsworth riots in the mid 1980s, extending from the 1990s to work in other deprived areas including Stechford. , which won the 2001 NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Image Award for outstanding literary work for children. The husband-and-wife team's latest project is a beautiful picture book that celebrates multiculturalism and diversity. Each page depicts a blissfully animated child engaged in colorful, lively activity: donning a bright yellow slicker, tap dancing in a black tuxedo and top hat, or striking a pose in blue denim. The accompanying text, poetic and upbeat, illustrates the emotional response that a particular color might elicit e·lic·it tr.v. e·lic·it·ed, e·lic·it·ing, e·lic·its 1. a. To bring or draw out (something latent); educe. b. To arrive at (a truth, for example) by logic. 2. . (ORANGE: Fruity. Tangy tang 1 n. 1. A distinctively sharp taste, flavor, or odor, as that of orange juice. See Synonyms at taste. 2. A distinctive quality that adds piquancy. 3. A trace, hint, or smattering. 4. . Poppin' in your mouth. Bursting full of flavor.) Just as kids may have a variety of emotional responses to certain colors, they may also experience a wide range of emotions when encountering kids of different hues and cultures. A Rainbow All Around Me teaches kids to appreciate the uniqueness in every one and every culture, just as they appreciate the uniqueness of every color under the rainbow. The book also prompts children to think about who they are, their culture, and how people respond to them. Kids will enjoy reading the jazzy jazz·y adj. jazz·i·er, jazz·i·est 1. Resembling jazz in form or nature; rhythmical. 2. Slang Showy; flashy: a jazzy car. lyrical lyr·i·cal adj. 1. a. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography. b. text in A Rainbow All Around Me, while reveling in Myles Pinkney's gorgeous photos that capture a cast of multicultural kids having the time of their lives. --Lynda Jones is an editor and author of Great Black Heroes: Five Great Black Writers. |
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