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Also by Joyce Carol Thomas:

The Blacker The Berry, July 2008
Hardcover

THE BLACKER THE BERRY
By: Joyce Carol Thomas

Amistad
July 2008
On Sale: July 1, 2008
32 pages
ISBN: 0060253754
EAN: 9780060253752
Hardcover
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Childrens

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

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 collection, Coretta Scott King honorees Joyce Carol Thomas and Floyd Cooper celebrate these many shades of black beautifully.