Children - Colors

Poor Duncan just wants to colour in. But when he opens his box of crayons, he only finds letters, all saying the same thing: We quit! Beige is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown, Blue needs a break from colouring in all that water, while Pink just wants to be used. Green has no complaints, but Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking to each other. The battle lines have been drawn. What is Duncan to do? (Publisher).

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.

"Children discover a world of colors all around them. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, but all are universal in appeal. A short glossary explains the cultural significance of the colored objects featured in this book"--

Pages of decreasing, then increasing, size open to reveal different animals, each opening a book of a different color and reading about the next.

A carpenter ant drills a hole to see what is outside his stump, worrying his fellow ants, and when new holes reveal different colors they fabricate a story about the horrible beast that will soon attack.

Pinkalicious is excited for her new friend Rose to come over and play, but after a day of making friendship bracelets, baking cookies, and playing in the tree house, the girls are not ready for their fun to end.

Encourages the reader to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing their colors in a new way.

In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.

Celebrates all the colors of the world, especially yellow.