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The world is full of colors—explore it with this beautiful board book from an award-winning photographer!

A red fire truck races, orange pumpkins glow, and purple flowers bloom.

Vivid pictures of familiar scenes, animals, and objects introduce future readers to color words and inspire them to look carefully at the world around them. Full of striking close-ups on fruits, flowers, and animals, as well as striking portraits of kids from diverse backgrounds, Colors is a bright, brilliant concept book from the creator of the award-winning Shades of People.

Filled with unexpected examples of the colors all around us, from the yellow yolk of an egg to the green of a cat's eyes, this board book full of tot-friendly vocabulary and beautiful photography is sure to be a favorite.

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ISBN-13:	9780823440634
Publisher:	Holiday House
Publication date:	07/09/2019
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Anne Woodhull is an art therapist and children's book author who has also collaborated with Shelley Rotner on The Buzz on Bees: Why Are They Disappearing?, Shapes, and Every Season.

Shelley Rotner is the author and photo-illustrator of more than thirty books, including the Hello Seasons! series, Grow! Raise! Catch!, What's the Weather?, and Shapes for Holiday House, among others. Her children's books have been ALA Notable Books and Bank Street Best Books of the Year, and her photography has appeared in Time, National Geographic, Food and Wine, and many other publications.

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07/01/2019
Toddler-PreS–Eight colors are each given two spreads in this bright, cheerful concept book. Green, blue, yellow, red, orange, purple, white, and black are featured separately with an introductory spread and then another two pages of large, clear photographs showing items in the selected color. The objects are not in any particular order, so the book takes on a seek-and-find style for the youngest of listeners. For example, the first two pages for purple state "PURPLE blooms," have squares in various shades of the color and a photo of purple blossoms. The next two pages read "PURPLE iris, pansies, grapes, and plums. A balloon, backpack, sneakers. A hat." Many of the photos contain images that will elicit discussion. A "tiger" on the orange pages is not the animal, but rather, a small child in face paint. Blue highlights robin eggs in a nest and a child dressed all in blue on a swing-set in front of a clear blue sky. VERDICT A beautiful book that will be a welcome addition to concept book collections and colorful storytimes.—Maryann H. Owen, Oak Creek Public Library WI

School Library Journal

★ 2019-04-14
Explore colors through photographs.
Detailed in succinct, subtly poetic text, the six core spectrum colors plus black and white each receive two full-bleed double-page spreads in a row. Each color's initial spread names it and assigns it a verb—"green hops"—across from a checkerboard of many shades of that color, with a photograph replacing one square. For green, that square is a frog photo. Green's second spread presents text inside a rectangle—"Green grass grows. Green peppers, leaves and peas. Lizards and limes, green eyes"—and varying sizes of rectangular, close-up photos. Neat green borders glue the photo rectangles together, leaving no white space. Other colors follow the same format. The verbs don't connect to their hues inherently—"blue floats" mightn't work out of context—but the black girl in the turquoise swimsuit floating blissfully in blue water provides all the sense in the world. Rotner's photographs are crisp, glowing, and crystal clear, bursting with nature and joy, making daily objects gorgeous. A yellow slicker and a sunny-side up egg positively glisten; an orange sunset almost requires sunglasses. The children (a multiracial cast) vary between facing the camera and doing their own thing, like blowing up a purple balloon or licking an orange Popsicle.
There are plenty of picture books about colors, but they're not all love letters. This one is. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews

"Rotner's photographs are crisp, glowing, and crystal clear, bursting with nature and joy, making daily objects gorgeous. . . . There are plenty of picture books about colors, but they're not all love letters. This one is."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"A beautiful book that will be a welcome addition to concept book collections and colorful storytimes."—School Library Journal

"Using succinct, lyrical text and crisp-edged full-color photographs, Rotner and Woodhull celebrate the many hues to be found all around us. . . . a fine addition to the concepts shelf." —Booklist

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