![]() ![]() Anya! ) bright gouache illustrations heighten the sense of a world beautified through a blend of colors, while her compositions warmly depict the affection and positive self-image exuded both by the child and by her parents. The energetic brush strokes of Trivas's ( Annie. Mama and Papa say, `Just right!' '' The girl then describes her parents' different preferences in music, art and food, and the idiosyncrasies that make each family member an individual. My face? I look like both of them- / a little dark, a litte light. Her dark brown eyes are bright as bees.'' Her father, on the other hand, ``turns pink in the sun / his blue eyes squinch up when he smiles. In free verse, the bubbly, confident girl describes her African American mother's face as ``chestnut brown. More a concept book than a story, this work is narrated by the daughter of an interracial marriage. ![]()
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