Black All Around by Patricia Hubbell

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In the case of the colour black sometimes being a big deal, we are told that black cats are bad luck, that light is heavenly, and darkness is evil. Black All Around helps push back against these messages by celebrating all of the wonderful things in our world that are black through energetic rhyming text. [1]


Summary

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Look high, look low, look everywhere The wonderful color black is there!

Join a young girl as she discovers all the wonderful things around her that are black.

The letters that live on each page of a book. The hole in the ground that's a little mole's nook. The gleaming paint on a limousine. The braided hair of a stately queen.

The fun and excitement never stop in this joyous and playful book. So what are you waiting for? Come celebrate Black All Around! [2]

Pros

In this lively poetic tribute to the color black, the letters and words in a book, a limousine, a workhorse, beetles, a firefighter's boots, patent leather party shoes, piano keys, and more bring a sense of joy and wonder to a young girl. Patricia Hubbell's playful verses and Don Tate's colorful art celebrate the color black by combining seemingly unrelated objects in charming and imaginative ways. [3]

This beautiful illustrations book celebrates the color black and, in a world where all things white are placed on a pedestal, has the indirect effect of encouraging African-American children to embrace who they are and how they look. Replaces negative connotations associated with black, e.g. "blackmail", "black market", and focuses on all of the good things in our world that are black. Our children, ages 3 and 5, list this as one of their favorites [4] 

The artist does a great job in illustrated various settings, supplying both fantasy and homelike backdrops that incorporate the images from the text. The closing pages show the girl cozy in her bed, with many of the aforementioned items wafting through her dreams. [5]

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