Nneka Howell

The Color of Play (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Junqueira, Natalia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two second-graders share a special friendship and a superpower that they use together to make the world a better place-for all kids.

A heartfelt new picture book combines delightful storytelling with an important message of diversity, acceptance, and friendship, a perfect offering in today's landscape.

Jacob is a second-grader who loves his new family. His biological mom and dad went away when they couldn't take care of him anymore. He's the new kid at school, but his new best friend Andrew tells him it's cool that he's adopted. Author Nneka J. Howell explores the many differences in families, cultures, and friendships in her debut picture book, The Color of Play.

Jacob and Andrew may not look alike, but together they share a special superpower: they can camouflage. That means to blend in. They camouflage together a lot. And they have each other's backs. That means they stick up for each other.

Nneka J. Howell masterfully weaves an important story for all children and families that acknowledges realistic cultural differences and challenges the concept of color blindness in terms of race, while communicating that love and acceptance wins. She hopes that her storybook provokes healthy conversations in homes, classrooms, and libraries to bridge the divisive gap that exists in today's landscape regarding racial and cultural awareness. The Color of Play is her fourth published book and her debut children's book in a planned four-book series.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ink'd Xpressions
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Altersempfehlung: ab 6 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781736603314
• Artikelnr.: 61339956

Autorenporträt

Writing has been a passion for author Nneka J. Howell since she was five years old, writing short stories and poetry her whole life and earning her the nickname Lady Poet. Nneka says, "Every idea I own is birthed from the nouns around me." She finds inspiration in pain and healing equally and is adept at translating the things around her into an interactive message on paper. She likes to compel her readers to use their imaginations and challenge them to think on a deeper level when reading her stories and poems. Writing comes natural for Nneka, who used to consider it a hobby until she published her first book in 2009 and again in 2012. She finds writing to be a medicine for her soul, a purpose for her life. The current (and past) issues of the world involving racism and a lack of cultural awareness hits home for Nneka as an educated woman of color. She knew she needed to find a way to incorporate her thoughts into her projects. She is inspired by the importance of cultural awareness, particularly for children, and the certainty that until we learn to love each other despite all of the hatred that aims to poison us, we will never reach our true potential as people. Nneka is the founder of Ink'd Xpressions, an organization that "speaks life" via different methods of creativity and which fosters six important principles: unity, community, justice, love, diversity, and creativity. Through her creative outlets, Nneka seeks to challenge people all over the world to embrace different races, cultures, identities, and stories. Her debut children's book "The Color of Play" acknowledges realistic cultural differences, including white privilege, challenging the concept of color blindness in terms of race, while showing children and their parents that love wins. She hopes that her storybook provokes healthy conversations in homes, classrooms, and libraries. When she isn't writing thought-providing and inspiring stories and poems for children and adults, Nneka enjoys photography, drawing, reading, basketball, listening to music, doing escape rooms, traveling, spending time with loved ones, and doing community service. She lives with her three dogs in Chicago, Illinois. "The Color of Play" is her fourth published book, the first in a planned children's picture book quartet.