A Rainbow All Around Me

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A Rainbow All Around Me was written by Sandra L. Pinkney and illustrated by Myles C. Pinkney. The book has 40 pages and it was published in February 1st 2002 by Cartwheel. [1]

Sandra Pinkney, along with her husband Myles, is the creator of the NAACP Image Award winning Shades of Black, along with A Rainbow All Around Me, and Read and Rise, a collaboration with the National Urban League. Each title was created in a dazzling multicultural photo essay style. They show the diversity of skin color and other characteristics of African American children, and feature appearances by their own children, Myles, Charnelle-Rene and Rashad. [2]

Summary

There's more than meets the eye as Sandra Pinkey's hip and jazzy rhythmic verses describe colors we see every day. Myles Pinkney's dynamic photographs of multicultural children very gently lead readers to examine the feelings and emotions that are conjured up by the different colors. [2]

Pros

Cara Bornemiss who rated this book five stars, explained why this book deserved it. She wrote that It is a great way to show how diverse the world is. It showed that there some different colors that we have in the world today. This book can be good for children to read if they feel like they don't feel like they fit in. Colors of the rainbow are tied to colors of humanity, as A Rainbow All Around Me celebrates the cultural differences in all of us, because it uses real life examples for different colors. It has some wonderful descriptive words in it and would great for a beginning reader. [1]

Some verified purchasers wrote their positive feedbacks on Amazon's site. This book was really gave children an understanding of the varying physical characteristics among Blacks, lends a positive vocabulary, and gives children someone to identify with. This spin-off just recycles the ideas of Everybody's Beautiful and The World is a Rainbow. There was a poster child for each ethnicity and an association with a color. The children are pictured wearing their color not by stereotype. A joyful group of multiethnic children guide young readers through the bright, jazzy colors of the rainbow. On each double spread page, a child from one culture shares their fun focusing on a color. The rich, creative text and terrific photographs bring these colors vividly to life [3]

As they did in Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children, husband-and-wife team Sandra L. and Myles C. Pinkney once again pair poetry and lively photographs in A Rainbow All Around Me. A multiethnic cast of children presents each color of the rainbow, was the reviewed that made by Publishers Weekly. [4]

Kirkus also took a part in reviewing this book, they mentioned that all the colors of the rainbow come alive in the photographs of children celebrating the emotions that color can evoke. The rainbow theme stretches beyond the study of color to embrace the multicultural rainbow of diversity that the children represent. The statement “Colors are you. Colors are me” is repeated every so often to drive home this idea. [5]

A joyful group of multiethnic children guide young readers through the bright, jazzy colors of the rainbow. On each double spread page, a child from one culture shares their fun focusing on a color. The rich, creative text and terrific photographs bring these colors vividly to life. A little boy from Jordan is dressed in a tuxedo, ready to dance with the words, "Tappin', Rhythm, Moving feet, Dancing to the beat." Every few pages, a multicultural band of children wave flags of color, pointing to a rainbow painted with the text, "Colors are you. Colors are me." The succinct and poetic style of the text as well as the outstanding artwork and friendly faces will appeal to youngsters from preschool through first grade, while gently allowing them to consider the rainbow of humanity. This provides a great jumping board to discuss feelings and emotions connected to ethnic diversity, Thriftbooks.com User was given this reviewed on their site. [6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 A Rainbow All Around Me. Retrieved February 11th, 2021
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sandra L. Pinkney. Retrieved February 11th, 2021
  3. A Rainbow All Around Me. Retrieved February 11th, 2021
  4. A Rainbow All Around Me. Retrieved February 11th, 2021
  5. A Rainbow All Around Me. Retrieved February 11th, 2021
  6. A Rainbow All Around Me. Retrieved February 11th, 2021