Four lively youngsters enjoy activities on a typical day at school.

Nearly 30 years after publication as a ground-breaking "Feeling Good" picture book, Bright Eyes, Brown Skin is now introduced to a whole new generation in a sturdy board book edition for babies and toddlers. This classic was beloved by the children, and even the grandchildren, of the original audience. Readers will meet four spirited children, brimming with confidence and self-esteem, enjoying a typical morning doing all the familiar things preschoolers love to do. Destined to be a favorite for many more years.

This poetic tale celebrates the joys and perils of boyhood. It encourages high self-esteem, making good choices, and enjoying the journey to manhood.

Coretta Scott King 2021 Honoree A winner of the ILA 2021 Children’s and Young Adults’ Book Awards in the fiction category. NCSS 2021 Notable Social Studies Book Maine Lupine Award Winner A CBC Recommended Book • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Best Picture Book of 2020 Kirkus Starred Review PW Starred Review School Library Journal Starred Review Told by a succession of exuberant young narrators, Magnificent Homespun Brown is a story -- a song, a poem, a celebration -- about feeling at home in one’s own beloved skin. With vivid illustrations by Kaylani Juanita, Samara Cole Doyon sings a carol for the plenitude that surrounds us and the self each of us is meant to inhabit.

"Dion Graham's confident, enthusiastic narration powerfully depicts a young African-American boy who is beginning to identify who he is in the world. Quincy Tyler Bernstine adds a dynamic array of female voices. No detail is overlooked in this production.... Realistic sound effects link the audio to the pictures and reflect the story's urban setting."-AudioFile

Black youngsters form themselves into letters of the alphabet.

I am brown. I am beautiful. I am perfect. I designed this computer. I ran this race. I won this prize. I wrote this book. A joyful celebration of the skin you're in - of being brown, of being amazing, of being you.