Brown Is Beautiful
Brown Is Beautiful
Ages 4–8Indian author
A South Asian girl collects beautiful brown things on a walk in the woods and learns to love her own brown skin.
- Author
- Supriya Kelkar
- Age
- Ages 4–8
- Type
- Picture Book
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- In India
- Available
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