Karen Katz wrote this book from an artist's perspective. There are so many ways to make brown from just four colors of paint, but brown is just brown, thinks Lena at the beginning of the book.
Lena's mom takes her for a walk through the neighborhood to see that brown comes in many different shades, and all the names were a type of food! Honey, pizza crust, chocolate, peanut butter...
This book shines through a celebration of the differences and similarities we all share.