Description A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color.
When she\'s not making toys for kids, her pastimes include indulging in really silly dating sims and playing with her wildly photogenic dog Divo..
She is also an Afro Latina and random skill enthusiast.
Yesenia Moises is a freelance illustrator/designer with a specialty in product design.
She is the author of Honeysmoke: A Story of Finding Your Color.
Monique lives in Alabama with her husband and their two daughters.
She is the founder and editor of Honeysmoke.com, a site for parents raising multiracial children, and she is a member of the Society of Children\'s Book Writers and Illustrators.
Her essays about race and identity have appeared on air, in print, and online, including NPR\'s All Things Considered , Ebony magazine, and TheRoot.com .
Honeysmoke should be in every library and gathering place of young children." --Sena Jeter Naslund, author of Ahab\'s Wife, Four Spirits, and Abundance About the author Monique Fields is an award-winning journalist.
An Imprint Book " Honeysmoke is so beautiful and true that it made me burst into tears of gratitude for what Monique Fields] has given to us all.
Simone knows her color--she is honeysmoke.
She asks Mama, "Am I black or white?" "Boo," Mama says, just like mamas do, "a Color is just a word." She asks Daddy, "Am I black or white?" "Well," Daddy says, just like daddies do, "you\'re a little bit of both." For multiracial children, and all children everywhere, this picture book offers a universal message that empowers young people to create their own self-identity.
Simone wants a color.
She finally chooses her own, and creates a new word for herself--honeysmoke.
Description A young biracial girl looks around her world for her color
