Tan to Tamarind: Poems about the Color Brown

by Malathi Michelle Iyengar and Jamel Akib

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• Grade
• PK-5
• Genre
• Poetry

• Text Complexity
• Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
• ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available

• Curricular Area
• Art
• English Language Arts

• Subject Headings
• Brown
• Human skin color
• Children's poetry, American
• Colors--Juvenile poetry
• Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | General
• Human skin color--Juvenile poetry
• Colors
• Brown--Juvenile poetry
• Color
• American poetry

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About the Authors 3

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Awards & Distinctions 2

Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, 2001-2019

Honor, 2010

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Américas Award, 1993-2019

Commended, 2010

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