cover image A Rainbow All Around Me

A Rainbow All Around Me

Sandra L. Pinkney. Cartwheel Books, $15.95 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-439-30928-8

As they did in Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children, husband-and-wife team Sandra L. and Myles C. Pinkney once again pair poetry and lively photographs in A Rainbow All Around Me. A multiethnic cast of children presents each color of the rainbow. For ""Blue,"" photos of a blue-eyed, denim-clad boy accompanies ""Cool/ Rugged/ Sippin' on a hot day/ Relaxing in the Breeze."" A dark-eyed, bronze-skinned girl in a ""Green"" dress sits on ""Fresh/ Soft blades [of grass]"" with a basket of Granny Smith apples. ( Feb.)