Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University | Grandpa, is everything black bad?

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Keywords

activities, africa, african, african american, animals, bedtime, colors, confusion, death, discrimination, egypt, emotions, friendship, glasses, grandparents, greek, history, identity, instruments, inventions, language, playing, pride, relationship, rhythm, royalty, self esteem, sounds, storytelling, television, traditions, understanding, witches

Title

Grandpa, is everything black bad?

Description

Montsho struggles with the dark color of his skin. Everything around him that is black is considered bad. Thankfully, Muntsho's grandfather teaches him to appreciate his black skin by telling him stories about his African heritage.

Author

Holman, Sandy Lynne

Publisher

The Culture Co-Op

Illustrator

Kometiani, Lela

ISBN

0-9644655-0-7

City of Publication

California

Year of Publication

1999

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Bianca Guynn, 2010

Citation

Holman, Sandy Lynne, “Grandpa, is everything black bad?,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 22, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/11270.