Momma is the color of chocolate milk and coffee pumpkin pie. Daddy is white, lighter than brown, but his face turns tomato red when he puffs and yells the children to bed. Children and grandparents and aunts and uncles are all the colors of the rainbow, and the whole family is filled to overflowing with love.

Arnold Adoff, an acclaimed poet, is a recipient of the National Council of Teachers of English Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children.