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My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue

Rosa Chang

Illustrator: Rosa Chang

Ages: 9+

Published: 2023

Publisher: minedition/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House

ISBN: 978-1-66265-065-9

Keywords: history, enslavement, indigo dyeing methods, revival of plant cultivation

A Korean girl in her new American home explains how to grow indigo seeds and how traditional indigo dyeing has connected communities. Exquisite detailed blue dye illustrations. Back matter.