This lovely story is a celebration of colors, all combinations of brown. With her mom, an artist, the narrator walks around her neighborhood pointing out all the different shades of brown that her friends and family possess. She’s amazed a how many she finds and can’t wait to get home to put all her new ideas onto paper in paint.

Definitely recommended, especially before painting activities.

From School Library Journal-
“Len's mother is an artist, so she knows whereof she speaks when she insists that there are many different shades of brown. The two take a walk through their neighborhood by way of illustration, and the friends and relatives they meet along the way aptly reinforce Mom's contention. Their skin colors are compared to honey, peanut butter, pizza crust, ginger, peaches, chocolate, and more, conjuring up delicious and beautiful comparisons for every tint. Kate's pencil-and-gouache pictures joyously convey the range of human pigmentation. Positive and useful.”

From Kirkus Reviews-
“Bold illustrations celebrate diversity with a child’s open-hearted sensibility and a mother’s love.”