Author: Joyce Carol Thomas
Title: The Blacker the Berry
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Genre: Poetry
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: Poems that depict the beauty of being African-American.
Primary/Secondary Characters: the narrator telling the poems
Award(s)/Publication Year: Coretta Scott King Medal Winner/2008
Publishing Company: Harper Collins Publishers
Brief Summary/Book Usage: This picture book tells beautiful poems about being African-American. The poems speak of their dark-colored skin and their interesting heritage. The poems tell how proud one should be to be African-American and they should honor their heritage. The basic traditions that have been handed down from African-American families and how they affect and influences their lives are told. I would use this book in my classroom during Black History Month or when doing a lesson over poetry. The poems and pictures are so vivid and colorful that I believe the students would enjoy this picture book very much and want to read it over and over again. Also, learning about the heritage and culture of African-Americans will help students be more accepting of their diverse peers and see how everyone is different from each other.
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