Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color by Monique Fields
Published by Imprint on January 8th 2019
ISBN: 1250115825
Pages: 32
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Simone is a biracial girl who wonders what color she is. She asks her parents and friends and explores her world, looking for just the right color to describe herself. Simone is given in the space to explore her question and is not laughed at or dismissed. She is empowered to find her own word to describe how she looks to herself and maybe the world. Lovely, gentle art work by Yesenia Moises accompanies Fields’ words as Simone draws on her own family stories to come up with her definition and description of her honeysmoke skin. A wonderful own voices book that one that belongs in all public library collections because representation matters.

Reviewed by Jill O’Connor, Merrill Memorial Library, Yarmouth