St Martin's Press Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color

A young biracial girl searches for the perfect color word to describe herself. A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color. She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself—honeysmoke.Simone wants a color.She asks Mama, “Am I black or white?”“Boo,” Mama says, just like mamas do, “a color is just a word.”She asks Daddy, “Am I black or white?”“Well,” Daddy says, just like daddies do, “you’re a little bit of both.”For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity.Simone knows her color—she is honeysmoke.An Imprint Book"Honeysmoke is so beautiful and true that it made me burst into tears of gratitude for what (Monique Fields] has given to us all. Honeysmoke should be in every library and gathering place of young children."—Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab's Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance Autorid: Monique Fields, Yesenia Moises