Colors Come from God . . . Just Like Me! - Hardcover

Forché, Carolyn; Forche, Carolyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0687006503 ISBN 13: 9780687006502

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 1996

Synopsis

Follow a young African American girl as she discovers God's Creation and delights in its many colors. Through her adventures she realizes that she is also an amazing creation of God as she affirms "God made me a beautiful brown!"

About this title

About the Author:

Carolyn A. Forché is an ordained minister, teacher, speaker, and author. She won the Gilded Quill Award for Colors Come From God . . . Just Like Me! and was awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the U. S. Dept of Health & Human Services. She was the first woman to be appointed to the U. S. Presidential sub-cabinet position of Director of Public Affairs for the six-state Region V and served under the administrations of President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. Interestingly, while her books are written for children, they have been hailed as healing sources for adults still struggling with childhood hurts. Carolyn is from Houston, Texas.

From Publishers Weekly:

Writing for her "Ethiopian princess"/ granddaughter, Forche has produced a book that speaks to the needs of all children to feel acceptance and pride in who and how they are. Using the book of Genesis (with biblical references cited on each page), she stresses the variety in all creation. Of obvious interest to African American children ("God made me a beautiful brown" is a leitmotif), the book so employs the rainbow theme that it can speak to every child. Unfortunately, Cox's large watercolor-and-ink illustrations, while workmanlike, are not up to the job at hand. Likewise, Forche's vacillation between rhyming quatrains and free verse is jarring when read aloud; but even given these caveats, the spirit of this book is beyond reproach and its message desperately needed. Ages 3-9.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0687006503
• ISBN 13: 9780687006502
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32