Colors

Mis colores, mi mundo = My colors, my world

By Maya Christina Gonzalez

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Pura Belpré Honor Book, 2008. In this 2008 Pura Belpre Honor Book we meet Maya, who lives in the dusty desert She opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset. A joyful celebration of colors through a child's eyes.
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Freight Train

By Donald Crews

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A colorful train goes on a fun trip, faster and faster, through cities and tunnels, through night and day until it is out of sight.

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When you love a color too much...

The little girl who stars in "Pinkalicious" loves the color pink. One day she and her mother make pink cupcakes and she eats soooo many that she turns pink! A certain 5 year-old in our household thought that was the coolest thing and started eyeing her own food as something more than to just put in her stomach.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

By Bill Martin, Jr.

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Repetition and rhyme make this book an all-time favorite.

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Orange Pear Apple Bear

By Emily Gravett

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A funny story that uses only five words!

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The Everything Book

By Denise Fleming

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Everything from colors to shapes to rhymes and more.

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My Many Colored Days

By Dr. Seuss

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Every color is associated with a different feeling.

Suggested for ages 3 - 6

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Swimmy

By Leo Lionni

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A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies.

Suggested for ages 3 - 8

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Dog's Colorful Day: a Messy Story about Colors and Counting

By Emma Dodd

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In this colorful story of a sloppy dog, you can count on a happy ending.

Suggested for ages 3 - 7

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Growing Colors

By Bruce McMillan

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Photographs of green peas, yellow corn, red potatoes, purple beans, and other fruits and vegetables illustrate the many colors of nature.

Suggested for ages 3 - 7

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