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empress_extra's review
4.0
Beautiful poem explaining the beauty of all things brown! And the artwork is exquisite too!!
bethmitcham's review against another edition
3.0
Great concept but I found the poem hard to read aloud. The pictures were lovely but the words didn’t sing for me. It was fine.
divineblkpearl's review against another edition
5.0
The Book I Want To Give To My Future Daughter: Review of ‘Brown Sugar Babe’
In Brown Sugar Babe, the creative team of writer Charlotte Watson Sherman and visual artist Akem gives us the most delightful journey of validating Brown skin through the wonders of everything ordinary and extraordinary in the world. We learn that here when a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mama shows her the light. And by light I mean, mama dukes shows baby girl what’s up and also where the lovely color brown can be found–everywhere from our kitchens to the outdoors. Sherman’s lovely prose sets its own rhythm and is easy to follow, never too wordy easy to follow along for young readers. Brown is many things: musical…athletic..poetic and it shows through the reading.
Artist Akem weaves artwork that is all things soft and dreamy and very much a perfect complement to Sherman’s words. There’s no questioning who has brown skin, no whitewashing of skin color or erasure of features. Brown is powerful! Brown is beautiful! Brown takes to new heights! Yummy things like gingerbread men and spiced cider seem to leap off the page and violins and trees take up space and leave impactful lines. Akem’s illustrations make readers use all their senses when following along: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing, for sure! As much as I love the poetic rendering, I’m here for the artwork as well and I’m a firm believer that the visuals help guide budding readers long before they master the alphabet and their first chapter books. Additionally, you can never have enough picture books about brown-skinned girls learning about how extraordinary their skin’s color is.
Brown Sugar Babe is a heartfelt and gorgeous offering to the children’s book genre in 2020. Little ones ages four to eight will enjoy this affirming, book on loving the skin they are in and they’ll be in wonder of how immersel and warm the world is through the lens of the dazzling illustrations and lyrical flow of the words. This is the book I want to give to my future daughter.
Thanks again to Boyd Mills & Press for sending me a review copy, a full review will be up on Blacknerdproblems.com before the end of January. Brown Sugar Babe will be available in stores Feb 04, 2020. You can pre-order it today: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624860/brown-sugar-babe-by-charlotte-watson-sherman/
In Brown Sugar Babe, the creative team of writer Charlotte Watson Sherman and visual artist Akem gives us the most delightful journey of validating Brown skin through the wonders of everything ordinary and extraordinary in the world. We learn that here when a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mama shows her the light. And by light I mean, mama dukes shows baby girl what’s up and also where the lovely color brown can be found–everywhere from our kitchens to the outdoors. Sherman’s lovely prose sets its own rhythm and is easy to follow, never too wordy easy to follow along for young readers. Brown is many things: musical…athletic..poetic and it shows through the reading.
Artist Akem weaves artwork that is all things soft and dreamy and very much a perfect complement to Sherman’s words. There’s no questioning who has brown skin, no whitewashing of skin color or erasure of features. Brown is powerful! Brown is beautiful! Brown takes to new heights! Yummy things like gingerbread men and spiced cider seem to leap off the page and violins and trees take up space and leave impactful lines. Akem’s illustrations make readers use all their senses when following along: sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing, for sure! As much as I love the poetic rendering, I’m here for the artwork as well and I’m a firm believer that the visuals help guide budding readers long before they master the alphabet and their first chapter books. Additionally, you can never have enough picture books about brown-skinned girls learning about how extraordinary their skin’s color is.
Brown Sugar Babe is a heartfelt and gorgeous offering to the children’s book genre in 2020. Little ones ages four to eight will enjoy this affirming, book on loving the skin they are in and they’ll be in wonder of how immersel and warm the world is through the lens of the dazzling illustrations and lyrical flow of the words. This is the book I want to give to my future daughter.
Thanks again to Boyd Mills & Press for sending me a review copy, a full review will be up on Blacknerdproblems.com before the end of January. Brown Sugar Babe will be available in stores Feb 04, 2020. You can pre-order it today: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624860/brown-sugar-babe-by-charlotte-watson-sherman/
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