Description: "When Kundana meets her newborn sister, Kuku, she declares her the prettiest baby in the world. But as grandparents, aunts, and uncles welcome Kuku, all they want to know is what color she is. Is she a marigold like her sister? Or a white jasmine? As the family gazes at Kuku's brown skin, big sister Kundana wonders why her family would care what color Kuku is--she's beautiful!"--Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes: A poignant story that brilliantly tackles the important topic of colorism. In this well-told narrative, we follow a little girl speaking up to defend her newborn baby sister from micro-prejudices in the extended family. Harshini Vankineni's What Color Is the Baby? is a beautiful celebration of dark skin tones, adorable sibling love, and welcoming a baby home.
--Meera Sriram, author of A Garden in My Hands
--Patrice Karst, best-selling author of The Invisible String What Color Is the Baby? A Celebration of Skin Tones is essential reading, a book that flips and reshapes ideas of color and beauty and celebrates us for all that we are.
--Angie Cruz, author of Angélica and La Güira An extremely important book that teaches us that every shade and complexion is beautiful--a lesson that children innately understand.
--Nikkolas Smith, #1 New York Times best-selling illustrator of The 1619 Project: Born on the Water This sweet story tackles a loaded question that crops up in many South Asian families. . . The tale gently reminds adult readers that children absorb attitudes and prejudices they see around them. . . A feel-good story that asks us to look beyond color to see the beauty in everyone.
--Kirkus Reviews