What Color is a Bean?

About the Book

Questions for young readers ask: Do you know where beans come from? What color is a bean? This story tells the answers in simple terms accompanied by comical and color illustrations. Original art and graphic composition for illustrations are by co-author Dolly Arksey. It shows how beans, like human beings, come in more than one color. The main character’s name is Benjamin Bean. Original poems about beans help make reading fun. The book will encourage young readers to think about our connection with nature. Ages – beginning reader and elementary

About the Author

Denise Hammerberg began her writing endeavors after receiving a stage IV cancer diagnosis. Writing provided distraction from intensive medical treatments, a therapeutic and creative outlet for her emotions, and helped her to focus on the art of living. She co-authored two books during her illness, The Garden of Being, and What Color Is A Bean? Her third book about her beloved cat, B.C., was finished shortly before her death, but prior to being published. She was a resident of Lapeer, Michigan.