Children are encouraged to celebrate and appreciate both their own and other people's differences and shows how, when people of different races and ethic backgrounds come together, they make a beautiful rainbow.

Antonio Olliz Boyd is an emeritus professor of Latin American literature at Temple University. He holds a PhD from Stanford University, an MS from Grorgetown University, and a BA from Long Island University. Dr. Olliz Boyd has published various essays on Afro Latino aesthetics in literature in volumes, such as the Dictionary of Literary Biography: Modern Latin-American Fiction Writers; Singular Like a Bird: The Art of Nancy Morejon; Imagination, Emblems and Expressions: Essays on Latin American, Caribbean, and Continental Culture and Identity; Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays among others, as well as articles on Afro Latino literary criticism in various refereed journals. --Book Jacket.

Pechocho has a friend called Spectrum. He enjoys looking at his colors every day. One day, he doesn't see him anymore and gets very sad. This has never happened to him before! He wonders, worries, and dreams about what could have happened to his dear friend. White Cumulus Cloud has swallowed his friend! What can Pechocho do? Does White Cumulus Cloud release his friend? Can Pechocho ever hope to see his friend again?

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Books We Recommend to Children: Ideologies and Politics in Reading Promotion -- 2 Framing the Questions: Previous Research, Theoretical Frameworks, and Case-Study Materials -- 3 I Came by Plane: The Masterplan of International Adoptions -- 4 They Came from the Desert: Immigration Plots and Tropes -- 5 The United Colors of the Rainbow: Explaining Human 'Races' and Racism -- 6 Intersected Identities: Nationality, Class, Gender, and Ableism in the Making of 'Race' -- 7 Nation-as-Family: Tropes of Kin and Orphanhood -- Conclusions -- Works Cited -- Index

Colorea tu mundo!Un arco iris de colores te espera en todas las cajitas de creyones. Pasa las paginas de este libro, que tienen forma de creyones, para aprender de los creyones de Crayloa(TM) .

Describes how people eat foods that are all of the colors of the rainbow, including red cherries, yellow bananas, and blue blueberries.