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JoCoLibrary - 6 by 6 - Colors

Picture books about colors.

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  • Your baby will enjoy getting acquainted with the friendly looking chess figures, their names and the way they move on the board. The rhyming text will help to practice Take Time to Rhyme skill. Pair up the book and the actual game pieces,…
    Board BookNew York : Random House, [2021] — EI Pryce Sophie 10/2021
  • A happy, colorful book with rhyming text that is bold, easy-to-read, and simple. Each color introduces a new animal with opportunities for counting, movement, and discussion – Where is your nose? What do you smile with? How are you…
    Board BookOakland, CA : The Collective Book Studio, [2021]. — EI Claire Alexandr 05/2022
  • HEY!

    a Colorful Mystery

    Read, Kate,
    HEY! This will be a fun read for you and your little one! An Excellent way to practice colors and make note of the text at the same time. Vibrant colors enhance this deep see adventure, not to mention there are bonus practice activities…
    BookAtlanta : Peachtree, 2021. — EP Read Kate 10/2021
  • This colorful and whimsical bilingual story will touch your heart as you learn about Isabel who speaks Spanish and loves to draw. Isabel’s passion for colors helps her overcome the fear on her first day of school where everyone speaks…
    BookAnn Arbor, Michigan : Sleeping Bear Press, [2021] — E FIC Alessand Alexandr BILINGUA SPANISH
  • As you read Blue Chicken, have your child look for words that are a different color and different size (all caps). Recognizing letters is part of the Look for Letters Everywhere early literacy skill. Kids need to be able to spot and…
    BookNew York : Viking, 2011. — E FICTION Freedman D. 11/2011
  • This charming and deceptively simple interactive picture book invites all kinds of discussion. Exercise observation skills and talk about the shapes and colors in the illustrations. Encourage your toddler to describe the house they live in…
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, [2021] — EP Henkes Kevin 09/2021
  • While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
    BookNew York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2014. — E FIC Wilson Karma
  • A curious little owl decides to stay awake to find out how the things he sees at night look during the daytime.
    BookNew York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009. — E FICTION Hopgood T.
  • A little girl discovers all the bright colors in her Hispanic American neighborhood.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2014. — EP Thong Roseanne 02/2014
  • Little green peas make their way into collections of objects of many different colors, from blue boats, seas, and flags, to orange balloons, umbrellas, and fizzy drinks.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, [2014] — EP Baker Keith
  • Using no special effects other than the reader's imagination, simple directions lead the reader to experiment with mixing and changing colors on the printed page.
    BookSan Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 2014. — EP Tullet Herve
  • The names of colors are woven into unrhymed poems that celebrate the seasons.
    BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009. — J 811.54 Sidman
  • This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers…
    BookToronto : Groundwood Books, c2008. — J 535.6 Cottin Menena
  • When Sylvie the pink flamingo learns her color comes from the little pink shrimp she eats, she decides to expand her choices, trying everything under the sun and, unfortunately, overdoing it.
    BookNew York : Random House Children's Books, c2009. — E FICTION Sattler J.
  • Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.
    BookOrlando [Fla.] : Harcourt, c2008. — EP Averbeck Jim
  • A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.
    BookNew York : Pantheon Books, c1975. — EP PICTURE Lionni Leo
  • Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.
    BookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace & Co., 1995, c1991. — EP Walsh Ellen
  • When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
    BookNew York : Philomel Books, c2013. — E FIC Daywalt Drew
  • On every night of the week, a new color of "kid tea" is created in the bath, depending on the activities of that day.
    BookTarrytown, NY : M. Cavendish Children, c2007. — E FICTION Ficocell E.
  • A beautiful, charming book about a young girl discovering color in the world around her.
    BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick, 2012. — E FIC Reynolds Peter