If Dominican Were a Color
By Sili Recio
Illustrated by Brianna McCarthy
2020
Illustrated by Brianna McCarthy
2020
Why I Chose This Book
Celebrates the Dominican people and the culture in all its beautiful colors and shades.
Latinx
Black
Culture
Colorism
Dominican
Own Voices
About This Book
The palette of the Dominican Republic is exuberant and unlimited. Maiz comes up amarillo, the blue-black of dreams washes over sandy shores, and people’s skin can be the shade of cinnamon in cocoa or of mahogany. This exuberantly colorful, softly rhyming picture book is a gentle reminder that a nation’s hues are as wide as nature itself.
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