Children’s Books About Colors!

Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, is celebrated every spring. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo have lots of preparation to do. One of their main duties is to gather flowers to make into colorful powders to toss during the festival. When at last the big day comes, they gather with their friends, family, and neighbors for a vibrant celebration of fresh starts, friendship, forgiveness, and, of course, fun!

It all started with red, yellow and blue. They lived peacefully until Red declared that reds were the best. Understandably, the other colors and miffed about this and they decided to separate, until a Yellow, a Blue, and a never-before-seen color step in to save the day!

This fantastic animal book categorizes animals in a whole different way: by color! Each page spread is filled with gorgeous illustrations and fun facts about animals. They are grouped by color and then by other fun visual characteristics like iridescence, changing color, spots, and stripes. A terrific book for any reader who loves animals!

As the Collections Interpreter for Youth and Families at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Liz Yohlin Baill is particularly well suited to write a picture book about how vibrant works of art help us discover how artists use color to help us see and think in new ways. This fun book is best for preschoolers and early elementary children!

This book is interactive, hilarious, and a sight to behold. As the reader begins, a white tree causes the narrator to pause. Trees aren’t white! This illustrator, the narrator observes, must be terrible. But things only get more bizarre from there as the narrator implores the reader to help as townspeople, a group of scientists, and the town tailor all try to determine what is going wrong. A very fun book!

For older readers who are interested in all aspects of sight, pick up this wonderful book! This science-intensive exploration of how sight essentially impacts our everyday lives is a great, informational book that includes eye anatomy and how different animals see things. A fascinating book!