Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is the author of Powder Necklace, which
Publishers Weekly called "a winning debut." She was a 2019 Edward
Albee Foundation Fellow, a 2018 Pa Gya! Literary Festival Guest
Author, a 2018 Ake Arts and Book Festival Guest Author, a 2018
Hobart Festival of Women Writers Guest Author, a 2017 Aspen Ideas
Festival Scholar, a 2016 Hedgbrook Writer-in-Residence, a 2015
Rhode Island Writers Colony Writer-in-Residence, and in both 2015
and 2014, she was shortlisted for a Miles Morland Writing
Scholarship. In April 2015, she was the opening speaker at
TEDxAccra. Every month, Brew-Hammond co-leads a monthly writing
fellowship at Manhattan's Center for Faith and Work.
Daniel Minter is a fine artist and illustrator. His paintings,
carvings, block prints and sculptures have been exhibited at
galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. He has
illustrated numerous books for children, and is the recipient of
the Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor and Caldecott Honor. He
lives in Portland, Maine with his family.
"Sumptuous art that never stops surprising." —NPR
★ "Entrancing... A vibrant historical picture book that will
leave readers curious about other colors." —Publishers Weekly,
starred review
★ "Stunning and informative—and as profoundly rich as the color
blue." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "Brew-Hammond’s graceful prose and fluid organization,
coupled with Minter’s emotive illustrations, set synapses firing."
—The Bulletin, starred review
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