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ireadwhatuwrite's review
4.0
Breathtaking is the only way to describe this book. Intricately detailed, beautifully colored artwork takes the reader through a journey of colors as a little girl explores her world and wonders at how the colors fit into it. Blue is the color of the ocean, yet up close the ocean is clear. The fields of grass look like a golden ocean but it is still only grass. Color heralds the change of seasons, brightly colored flowers in the spring, green leaves in the summer, gold and red leaves that fall in the autumn and the silence of white in the winter. Throughout, deft brush strokes and sketch lines keep this story in constant motion and make the reader feel the childlike wonder of the young narrator. Per usual, Tamaki’s art is the story and will keep young ones fascinated in an exploration of the detail.
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toad_maiden's review
3.0
Gorgeous illustrations. The text, while lyrical, seemed a little scattered to me.
calistareads's review
5.0
What a beautiful book about color. “They say blue is the color of the sky … which is true today!” That’s how the book starts out. Lovely. yet, when you put water in your hands, it looks clear. I love this story. In Chinese culture, for the longest time, they didn’t have the color blue. They have Qing, a blue green. In class we asked about the sea and sky being blue and in the Chinese mind, we were told, the sky and water changed color, so how can you say it is one color. How can you can it’s blue when it is always changing? Interesting right? They do have blue now and I don’t know when it was they adopted that color, but it’s an interesting idea this book picks up on.
A simple beginning book about color and how we relate to colors and all the colors in our daily life. I love color and I love this book.
The niece thought this book was ok, but rather young for her. She gave it 3 stars while the nephew read this and he went, ‘eh, it’s boring’. He gave this 1 stars. Oh well, he is growing up too and getting to be a lot to handle. I think my story time is coming to an end with him as well. He likes ‘Captain underpants’ type stuff. He used to be more interested in different stories, but now he is really into potty humor and robots. C’est la vie. Maybe, I can find some books he enjoys still.
A simple beginning book about color and how we relate to colors and all the colors in our daily life. I love color and I love this book.
The niece thought this book was ok, but rather young for her. She gave it 3 stars while the nephew read this and he went, ‘eh, it’s boring’. He gave this 1 stars. Oh well, he is growing up too and getting to be a lot to handle. I think my story time is coming to an end with him as well. He likes ‘Captain underpants’ type stuff. He used to be more interested in different stories, but now he is really into potty humor and robots. C’est la vie. Maybe, I can find some books he enjoys still.
cottlestonpie's review
5.0
What can I say? This is a gorgeously illustrated book that reminds you just how stunning colors can be. Heck, even the paper feels fantastic. I would buy prints of these illustrations to hang on my walls.
mxmaggie__'s review
4.0
Really beautiful and imaginative. A girl goes through her day seeing, knowing, and imagining her world.
molliebrarian's review
5.0
The illustrations in this book are gorgeous! I know it's early in the year, but I'm hoping this book will get some Caldecott attention.
ellalouise99's review
4.0
A poetic story with beautiful illustrations. The book describes the different colours we see in the world through the eyes of a little girl. Children could explore the colours they see and link this story to an art lesson. The book would also be a nice calming story to read after lunch or at the end of the day to relax children. I would use the story in KS1 or LKS2.
pumpkinspies's review
4.0
I really loved the poetic nature of this story and the flow of the illustrations, which helped connect points and moved the reader through the story visually and seamlessly.
I'm not entirely sure what age I'd recommend this for. The 4 year old I read it to had a hard time understanding the stream-of-conscious aimlessness. We spent more time discussing what she could see in each scene, what it had in common with the one before and after, etc. The language went a little over her head, but I could use it to teach her connections.
I'm not entirely sure what age I'd recommend this for. The 4 year old I read it to had a hard time understanding the stream-of-conscious aimlessness. We spent more time discussing what she could see in each scene, what it had in common with the one before and after, etc. The language went a little over her head, but I could use it to teach her connections.