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toad_maiden's review against another edition
3.0
Gorgeous illustrations. The text, while lyrical, seemed a little scattered to me.
calistareads's review against another edition
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.
catlinjo's review against another edition
3.0
Love the illustrations, weirdly lost the story about half-way through.
cottlestonpie's review against another edition
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.
sarahrosecollins's review against another edition
4.0
Pictures were absolutely gorgeous. I liked this a lot!
mxmaggie__'s review against another edition
4.0
Really beautiful and imaginative. A girl goes through her day seeing, knowing, and imagining her world.
molliebrarian's review against another edition
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 against another edition
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 against another edition
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.