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Books about Many Colors
Books about Individual Colors: Red | Orange | Yellow | Green | Blue | Purple | Brown | Black | White | Gray | Pink
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MANY COLORS

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
KIT J535.6 COLOR		Kits for Kids: Color (Early Childhood) Enjoy these selections on the beauty of color!	2006
J152.7 HOBAN	Hoban, Tana	Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue?: an Adventure in Color Illustrations and brief text introduce colors and the concepts of shape and size.	1978
J535.6 ALDA	Alda, Arlene	Except the Color Grey	2011
J535.6 ARLON	Arlon, Penelope	Color	2007
J535.6 DELES	Delessert, Etienne	Full Color	2008
J535.6 HOBAN	Hoban, Tanna	Colors Everywhere	1994
J535.6 KALMA	Kalman, Bobbie	Colors of Nature	1993
J535.6 KALMA	Kalman, Bobbie	What Color is It? Rainbow of colors -- What is red? -- Orange beauty -- Sun is yellow -- It's a green world! -- Cool blue -- Purple violets -- White and black -- Make some colors! -- Colorful moods -- Words to know and index.	2008
J535.6 MCMIL	McMillan, Bruce	Growing Colors	1988
J535.6 SWINB	Swinburne, Stephen R.	What Color is Nature? Invites the reader to see nature's color in many places, from baseball fields to plants and animals.	2002
J793.73 BLACK	Blackstone, Stella	Can You See the Red Balloon? The reader is asked to pick out objects of different colors in each picture, plus the black and white cow that appears on every page.	1997
JE AUGAR	Augarde, Steve	Purple Eyes	2001
JE BROWN	Brown, Margaret Wise	My World of Color Rhyming verses describe things that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, gray, white, and pink.	2002
JE BROWN	Brown, Margaret Wise	The Color Kittens While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange and purple.	1958
JE CARLE	Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep.	1987
JE CATAL	Catalanotto, Peter	Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue After placing the red kitten with Dave the firefighter and the blue kitten with Francine the police officer, Mrs. Tuttle finds homes for fourteen other colorful kittens.	2005
JE COTTI	Cottin, Menena	The Black Book of Colors This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille-like letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers "sighted re	2008
JE COUSI	Cousins,, Lucy	Maisy's Rainbow Dream In a dream, Maisy sees different things for each color of the rainbow.	2003
JE CREWS	Crews, Donald	Freight Train Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.	1993
JE DEROL	DeRolf, Shane	The Crayon Box that Talked Although they are many different colors, the crayons in a box discover that when they get together they can appreciate each other and make a complete picture.	1997
JE EHLER	Ehlert, Lois	Planting a Rainbow A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden.	1988
JE FLEMI	Fleming, Denise	Lunch A very hungry mouse eats a large lunch comprised of colorful foods.	1993
JE GERMA	German, Donna Rathmell	Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud Octavia the octopus can shoot every color of ink cloud except the usual purple one. She practices knowing that she needs the purple one to camouflage from predators. Will she be able to shoot her purple cloud when it counts? Includes activities: for creat	2006
JE GOENN	Goennel, Heidi	Colors Examines the world of color by making comparisons between objects in a child's world and objects found in nature.	1990
JE HARSH	Harshman, Marc	Red are the Apples Leads the reader through a bountiful garden in autumn while drawing particular attention to the variety of colors found within it.	2001
JE JACKS	Jackson, Ellen B.	Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun A young boy learns about colors in a day at the farm.	1995
JE LEE	Lee, Kate	Snappy Little Colors: Discovering a Rainbow of Colors Rhyming text and pop-up illustrations of various animals present common colors, including red, blue, green, and orange.	1998
JE LIONN	Lionni, Leo	Frederick Frederick the field mouse stores up something special for the long cold winter.	1967
JE LIU	Liu, Jae Soo	Yellow Umbrella A story, in pictures and music, of children on their way to school on a rainy day.	2002
JE LOVE	Love, Jessica	Colors and Shapes Children can lift the flaps to learn about colors and shapes.	2004
JE LOVEJ	Lovejoy, Sharon	The Little Green Island with a Little Red House: a Book of Colors and Critters "So many amazing critters on one little island-- and each with its own special color!"--P. [4] of cover.	2005
JE MARTI	Martin, Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.	1983
JE NEUBE	Neubecker, Robert	Courage of the Blue Boy Tired of being in a land where everything is blue, Blue and his cow, Polly, travel in search of other hues and eventually find a way to share their own color with the world around them.	2006
JE PORTI	Portis, Antoinette	A Penguin Story Edna the penguin tries to find something in her surroundings that is not black, white, or blue.	2009
JE ROSEN	Rosenwald, Laurie	And to Name but Just a Few: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue Rhyming text introduces a variety of foods and colors.	2007
JE SEEGE	Seeger, Laura Vaccaro	Lemons are not Red	2004
JE SIDMA	Sidman, Joyce	Red Sings from Treetops: a Year in Colors Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of the year.	2009
JE SPANY	Spanyol, Jessica	Carlo Likes Colors Carlo the giraffe sees many different colors in various places--red in the street, brown in the woods, white at a wedding, and orange at a cafe.	2003
JE TAFUR	Tafuri, Nancy	Blue Goose When Farmer Gray goes away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck get together and paint their black and white farm.	2008
JE WOOD	Wood, Audrey	The Deep Blue Sea Introduces various colors by presenting a colorful scene on a rock in the deep blue sea.	2005
JER GILL	Gill, Janie Spaht	The Black Bug Sat A colorful trip to visit a black bug.	1997
PTC J372.21 COLOR		Colors Best of The Mailbox Theme Series: Colors: Preschool	2010
CD JZM FREE CWC B 30	Freeman, Laura	Color Wheel Cartwheel A collection of color-themed songs for children, interspersed with spoken word in several foreign languages teaching how to say the word 'rainbow' and the words for the colors of the rainbow.	2005
DVD J782.4 BARNE		Barney's Red, Yellow, and Blue Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors that Barney and his friends need for their color collection. Singing and dancing their way through a color-filled day of learning, they search for red, yellow and blue objects.	2004

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: RED

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6	Woolfitt, Gabrielle	Red Text and photographs describe familiar things that are red. Examples: red animals, red food, red flowers, and red in nature.	1992
J535.6	Bryant-Mole, Karen	Red Photographs of such things as toys, flowers, clothing, birds, and vehicles introduce the color red.	1996
J535.6 ANDER	Anderson, Moira	Red	2006
J535.6 BRUCE	Bruce, Lisa	Red A simple introduction to red things found in nature.	2004
J535.6 PARKE	Parker, Victoria	Red with other Colors Shows different shades of red and the colors that result when red is mixed with other colors.	2004
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Red	2009
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	Red Food Fun	2006
S J535.6 SCHUE	Schuette,	Red: Seeing Red All Around Us "Text and photographs describe common things that are red, including apples, red licorice, and stop signs"--Provided by publisher.	2008
JE ASBUR	Asbury, Kelly	Rusty's Red Vacation On vacation, Rusty and his family go camping in the woods. Illustrations feature the color red.	1997
JE BRIGHT	Bright, Robert	I like Red This is a story about a little girl named Janey and what she thinks and does and sees because her hair is red.	1955
JE BRUEL	Bruel, Nick	Little Red Bird After escaping from her cage to see the world, a little red bird finds it difficult to decide whether to stay free or to go home and never fly again.	2008
JE CHESS	Chessa, Francesca	Holly's Red Boots Holly wants to play in the snow and needs her red books, so she and her cat Jasper search the house for anything red.	2008
JE DEWDN	Dewdney, Anna	Llama, Llama Red Pajama At bedtime, a little llama worries after his mother puts him to bed and goes downstairs.	2005
JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Red as a Fire Trcuk Simple text and illustrations introduce the color red and objects that bear that color.	2004
JE DOKAS	Dokas, Dara	Muriel's Red Sweater Muriel the duck visits all of her friends on her birthday to invite them to a party.	2009
JE GLASS	Glass, Eleri	The Red Shoes	2008
JE GORBA	Gorbachev, Valeri	Red, Red, Red As Turtle rushes through town, in a hurry to see something "red, red, red," his neighbors wonder what it could be and hurry after him to find out.	2007
JE HAMIL	Hamilton, K.R.	Red Truck When a school bus gets stuck in the mud, Red Truck the tow truck saves the day by pulling it out.	2008
JE HEIDE	Heide, Iris Van Der	The Red Chalk	2006
JE LEVY	Levy, Constance	The Story of Red Rubber Ball Describes the life of a red rubber ball and its encounters with a variety of insects and animals.	2004
JE MILLE	Miller, Virginia	Ten Red Apples Bartholomew and George, two bears, and Little Black Kitten enjoy the apple tree in the garden and count its shiny red apples.	2002
JE ROGER	Rogers, Alan	Red Rhino Red Rhino has trouble finding his red balloon among the many other red objects he sees.	1990
JE STAAK	Staake, Bob	The Red Lemon Farmer McPhee's yellow lemons are ready to be picked and made into lemonade, pies, and muffins, but when a red lemon is found in the crop and discarded, it eventually yields some surprises.	2006
JE STOEK	Stoeke,	Minerva Louise and the Red Truck	2002
JE WHITM	Whitman, Candace	Ready for Red Points out how the color red can be found all around us, in flowers, vegetables, birds, and autumn leaves.	1998
JE WINNE	Winne, Joanne	Red in my World Introduces the color red through illustrations of objects such as a wagon, bowl of tomato soup, ladybug, and an apple.	2000
JE YOO	Yoo, Tae-Eun	The Little Red Fish A little boy named JeJe explores a magical library with his friend, a little red fish.	2007
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Red	2005
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Red Simple text and photographs present a variety of red things, including a hat, apple, and bench.	1999
KIT JE BRIDW	Bridwell, Norman	Clifford, The Big Red Dog Emily Elizabeth explains why she loves her big red dog, Clifford.	2005

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: ORANGE

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J COMICS GRAPHICS OTTO	Cammuso, Frank	Otto's Orange Day After a genie fulfills Otto the cat's wish by turning the whole world orange, Otto realizes that his favorite color is not the best color for everything.	2008
J535.6 SCHUE	Schuette, Sarah L.	Orange: Seeing Orange all Around Us	2003
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Orange	2011
J591.472 STEWA	Stewart, Melissa	Why are Animals Orange? "Uses examples of animals in the wild to explain why some animals are orange"--Provided by publisher.	2009
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	Orange Food Fun	2006
JE ARNOS	Arnosky, Jim	Armadillo's Orange An armadillo remembers where his burrow is by the orange near the opening, but when the orange rolls away, he discovers a new way to find his home.	2003
JE	McGuire, Richard	The Orange Book	1992
JE SHEA	Shea, Bob	New Socks A chicken is filled with excitement and self-confidence when he dons a new pair of orange socks.	2007
JE WINNE	Winne, Joanne	Orange in my World A simple story highlights such orange things as orange juice, an orange jacket, carrots, and an orange sunset.	2000
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Orange	2005
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Orange Simple text and photographs present a variety of orange things, including a pumpkin, ball, and life jacket.	1999
F JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Orange as a Pumpkin Simple text and illustrations introduce the color orange and objects that bear that color.	2004

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: YELLOW

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 ANDER	Anderson, Moira	Yellow	2006
J535.6 BRUCE	Bruce, Lisa	Yellow A simple introduction to yellow things found in nature.	2004
J535.6 BRYAN	Bryant-Mole, Karen	Yellow	1996
J535.6 PARKE	Parker, Victoria	Yellow with Other Colors Shows different shades of yellow and the colors that result when yellow is mixed with other colors.	2004
J535.6 SCHUE	Schuette, Sarah L.	Yellow: Seeing Yellow All Around Us "Text and photographs describe common things that are yellow, including mustard, pencils, and lemonade"--Provided by publisher.	2003
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Yellow	2009
J535.6 WOOLF	Woolfitt, Gabrielle	Yellow Text and photographs present familiar things that are yellow, including foods, animals, and flowers.	1992
J591.472 STEWA	Stewart, Melissa	Why are Animals Yellow? "Uses examples of animals in the wild to explain why some animals are yellow"--Provided by publisher.	2009
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	Yellow Food Fun	2006
JE ASBUR	Asbury, Kelly	Yolanda's Yellow School Young Yolanda enjoys show and tell, reading, finger painting, playing after lunch, and watching a video during a day in first grade. Illustrations feature the color yellow.	1997
JE DEMAT	Dematons, Charlotte	The Yellow Balloon A yellow balloon sails around the world.	2003
JE LIU	Liu, Jae Soo	Yellow Umbrella A story, in pictures and music, of children on their way to school on a rainy day.	2002
JE ROGERS	Rogers, Alan	Yellow Hippo Yellow Hippo creates a yellow surprise by placing yellow objects on her yellow trolley.	1997
JE SPINE	Spinelli, Eileen	In My New Yellow Shirt A boy wears his new yellow shirt and is transformed in his imagination into a duck, a lion, a daffodil, a trumpet, and other things.	2001
JE STAAK	Staake, Bob	The Red Lemon Farmer McPhee's yellow lemons are ready to be picked and made into lemonade, pies, and muffins, but when a red lemon is found in the crop and discarded, it eventually yields some surprises.	2006
JE SWANS	Swanson, Susan Marie	House in the Night Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.	2008
JE WHITM	Whitman, Candace	Yellow and You Points out how the color yellow can be found all around us, in clothing, food, and lights in windows.	1998
JE WINNE	Winne, Joanne	Yellow in my World A simple story highlights such yellow things as the sun, butter, baby chicks, and corn.	2000
F JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Yellow as a Lemon=Jaune comme un citron Simple text and illustrations introduce the color yellow and objects that bear that color.	2004
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Yellow	2005
JER HILLE	Hillert, Margaret	The Yellow Boat "The adventures of a toy boat sailing on a pond"--Provided by publisher.	2009
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Yellow Simple text and pictures introduce things that are yellow, including a hair ribbon, raincoat, truck, and flower.	1999

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: GREEN

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J BOARDBK ROBER	Robertson, J. Jean	Green	2009
J535.6 ANDER	Anderson, Moira	Green	2006
J535.6 BRUCE	Bruce, Lisa	Green A simple introduction to green things found in nature.	2004
J535.6 BRYAN	Bryant-Mole, Karen	Green Photographs of such things as toys, insects, and vegetables introduce the color green.	1996
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Green	2009
J535.6 WOOLF	Woolfitt, Gabrielle	Green Text and photographs describe common things that are green, including trees, fruit, and parrots.	1992
J591.472 STEWA	Stewart, Melissa	Why Are Animals Green? "Uses examples of animals in the wild to explain why some animals are green"--Provided by publisher.	2009
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	Green Food Fun	2006
JE BURRI	Burris, Priscilla	Five Green and Speckled Frogs Five frogs eat bugs as they sit on a log, but one by one they jump into the cool pool until all are gone.	2003
JE FOX	Fox, Mem	Where is the Green Sheep? A story about many different sheep, and one that seems to be missing.	2004
JE WINNE	Winne, Joanne	Green in My World A simple story highlights such green things as green eyes, a green soccer uniform, and salad.	2000
JE ZACHA	Zacharias, Thomas	But Where is the Green Parrot The brightly colored toys, train, house, or boat are easy to see, but where is the green parrot? He is in every picture someplace.	1968
F JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Green as a Frog=Vert comme une grenouille	2004
S J535.6 SCHUE	Schuette, Sarah L.	Green: Seeing Green all Around Us	2003
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Green	2005
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Green Simple text and photographs present a variety of green things, including a watermelon, stuffed frog, and bucket.	1999

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: BLUE

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 ANDER	Anderson, Moira	Blue	2006
J535.6 BRUCE	Bruce, Lisa	Blue A simple introduction to blue things found in nature.	2004
J535.6	Bryant-Mole, Karen	Blue Photographs of such things as a plate, toy boat, and butterfly introduce the color blue.	1996
J535.6 PARKE	Parker, Victoria	Blue with other Colors Shows different shades of blue and the colors that result when blue is mixed with other colors.	2004
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Blue	2009
J535.6	Woolfitt, Gabrielle	Blue Examines a variety of things associated with the color blue--electric sparks, feelings, flowers, clothing, gems, and more.	1992
J598.842 KIRBY	Kirby, Pamela F.	What Bluebirds Do A male bluebird courts his young mate. She accepts, and soon they are building a nest and rearing their young. Follow this story of America's beloved backyard bird, told in stunning full-color photographs and simple text, as the chicks grow, take flight, and finally wear the same beautiful colors as their parents.	2009
JE ASBUR	Asbury, Kelly	Bonnie's Blue House Bonnie Blue describes a day's activities at home--swimming, playing in the shade, getting clean, eating dessert, reading a story, and going to sleep. Illustrations feature the color blue.	1997
JE AVERB	Averbeck, Jim	In a Blue Room Alice wants everything in her bedroom to be blue before she falls asleep.	2008
JE DUNBA	Dunbar, Polly	Dog Blue Bertie, who loves the color blue and really wants a dog, finally gets his wish even though the dog he meets is white with black spots.	2004
JE HOLWI	Holwitz, Peter	The Big, Blue Spot A spot realizes that it is lonely and asks the reader of the book to help it find a friend.	2003
JE NEUBE	Neubecker, Robert	Courage of the Blue Boy Tired of being in a land where everything is blue, Blue and his cow, Polly, travel in search of other hues and eventually find a way to share their own color with the world around them.	2006
JE PINKW	Pinkwater, Daniel Manus	The Blue Thing A small blue seed grows so big that it fills up all the space above the earth.	1977
JE ROCKW	Rockwell, Anne F.	Two Blue Jays Miss Dana's class observes two blue jays as they make their nest, have babies, and teach them to fly. Includes information on the physical characteristics and behavior of blue jays.	2003
JE WHITM	Whitman, Candace	Bring on the Blue Points out how the color blue can be found all around us, in the sky, the sea, flowers, and animals.	1998
F JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Blue as a Blueberry=Bleu comme un bluet Simple text and illustrations introduce the color blue and objects that bear that color.	2004
JER BARON	Barone, Michelle	Joe's Blue Shoes "What will Joe do with and without his favorite shoes?"--T.p. verso.	2005
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Blue	2005
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Blue Simple text and pictures introduce things that are blue, including a pair of overalls, sweater, popsicle, and ball.	1999

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: PURPLE

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 SCHUE	Schuette, Sarah L.	Purple: Seeing Purple all Around Us	2003
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Purple	2011
J591.472 STEWA	Stewart, Melissa	Why are Animals Purple? "Uses examples of animals in the wild to explain why some animals are purple"--Provided by publisher.	2009
JE BECHT	Bechtold, Lisze	Sally and the Purple Socks When her tiny purple socks start to expand, Sally turns them into a scarf and then curtains, but things soon get out of hand.	2008
JE HENKE	Henkes, Kevin	Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.	1996
JE HEST	Hest, Amy	The Purple Coat	1986
JE JOHNS	Johnson, Crockett	Harold and the Purple Crayon Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.	1983
JE PIVEN	Piven, Hanoch	The Perfect Purple Feather Rhyming text and illustrations take the reader on a journey, in which a simple purple feather becomes a whisker for a cat, a pen for an owl, a quill for a porcupine, and more.	2002
JE ZIEFE	Ziefert, Harriet	Lunchtime for a Purple Snake When Jessica visits her artist grandpa they make a painting together.	2003
F JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Purple as a Plum=Violet comme une prune Simple text and illustrations introduce the color purple and objects that bear that color.	2004
JER GORDO	Gordon, Sharon	Purple	2005
JER RAU	Rau, Dana Meachen	Purple is Best Sue's blue paint and Fred's red paint get mixed together and create purple, the best color of all.	1999
JER SALZM	Salzmann, Mary Elizabeth	Purple Simple text and photographs present a variety of purple things, including a baseball uniform, inner tube, and swimsuit.	1999

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: BROWN

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 DAHL	Dahl, Michael	Brown: Seeing Brown all Around Us Text and photographs describe common things that are brown, including grocery bags, footballs, and teddy bears.	2005
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Brown	2011
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Tan	2011
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	Brown Food Fun	2006
J811.6 IYENG	Iyengar, Malathi Michelle	Tan to Tamarind: Poems about the Color Brown	2009
JE ALLIS	Allison, Catherine	Brown Paper Teddy Bear An ancient teddy bear comes to life one night and takes Jess on a magical adventure.	2004
JE BOTTN	Bottner, Barbara	Be Brown! A little boy is frustrated by a rambunctious dog that refuses to obey.	2002
JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Brown as an Acorn Simple text and photos explain the use of the color brown.	2004
JE JONES	Jones, Christianne C.	Brown at the Zoo Brown animals do all kinds of things in a zoo.	2008

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: BLACK

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J BOARDBK BLACK	,	Black and White	2008
J535.6 DAHL	Dahl, Michael	Black: Seeing Black all Around Us Text and photographs describe common things that are black, including tires, hockey pucks, and black cats.	2005
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Black	2009
JE FONTE	Fontes, Justine	Black Meets White	2005
JE HUBBE	Hubbell, Patricia	Black all Around! An African American girl contemplates the many wonderful black things around her, from the inside of a pocket, where surprises hide, to the cozy night where there is no light.	2003
JE JONES	Jones, Christianne C.	Batty for Black A haunted house contains many black things.	2008
JE SWANS	Swanson, Susan Marie	House in the Night Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.	2008

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: WHITE

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 DAHL	Dahl, Michael	White: Seeing White all Around Us Text and photographs describe common things that are white, including teeth, polar bears, and baseballs.	2005
J535.6 PARKE	Parker, Victoria	White With Other Colors Shows colors that result when white is mixed with other colors.	2004
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	White	2009
J641.3 BULLA	Bullard, Lisa	White Food Fun	2006
JE DINGL]	Dingles, Molly	White as a Seashell Simple text and photos explain the use of the color white.	2004
JE FONTE	Fontes, Justine	Black Meets White	2005
JE JONES	Jones, Christianne C.	Winter White Children enjoy playing in a white winter wonderland.	2008
JE SWANS	Swanson, Susan	House in the Night Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.	2008
JE WINNE	Winne, Joanne	White in my World A simple story highlights such white things as vanilla ice cream, a white cat, clouds, and milk	2000

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: GRAY

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Gray	2011
JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Gray as a Dolphin Simple text and photos explain the use of the color gray.	2004
JE DUMON	Dumont, Jean-Francois	A Blue So Blue In the big gray city, lived a little boy who never played...	2005
JE FONTE	Fontes, Justine	Black Meets White	2005

BOOKS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL COLORS: PINK

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 DAHL	Dahl, Michael	Pink: Seeing Colors All Around Text and photographs describe common things that are pink including tongues, bubble gum, and candy hearts.	2005
J535.6 STOCK	Stockland, Patricia M.	Pink	2011
JE DINGL	Dingles, Molly	Pink as a Piglet Simple text and illustrations introduce the color pink and objects that bear that color.	2004
JE JONES	Jones, Christianne C.	Pink Takes a Bow A school dance recital contains many pink things.	2008
JER BROWN	Brownrigg, Sheri	All Tutus Should Be Pink Two little girls attend ballet class and eat strawberry ice cream afterwards.	1992

BOOKS ABOUT MIXING COLORS

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J535.6 MURRA	Murray, Julie	First Science: Color A colorful world -- The science of color -- Seeing color -- How colors work together -- Real-life science -- A colorful history -- Colors in the world today.	2007
J535.6 WESTR	Westray, Kathleen	A Color Sampler Discusses primary and secondary colors and how to use them to get different shades, identifying such terms as earth color, pastel, and tint.	1993
JE FONTE	Fontes, Justine	Black Meets White	2005
JE LIONN	Lionni, Leo	Little Blue and Little yellow A little blue spot and a little yellow spot are best friends, and when they hug each other they become green.	1959
JE PIROT	Pirotta, Saviour	Patrick Paints a Picture	2007
JER RAU	Rau, Dana Meachen	Purple is Best Sue's blue paint and Fred's red paint get mixed together and create purple, the best color of all.	1999
JE WALSH	Walsh, Ellen Stoll	Mouse Paint Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.	1989

COLOR BOOKS FOR BABIES

CALL #	AUTHOR	TITLE	DATE
J BOARDBK BEALL	Beall, Pamela Conn	Wee Sing & Learn Colors Children learn about colors and how to combine them to make more colors. Includes music CD.	2000
J BOARDBK BLACK	,	Black and White	2008
J BOARDBK BLAKE	Blake, Michel	Colors	2005
J BOARDBK CARLE	Carle, Eric	My Very First Book of Colors Pages are split so the child can match colors with objects.	2005
J BOARDBK COLOR	Coirault, Christine	Colors Learn about colors in five languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Italian)	2008
J BOARDBK COLOR	Dardik, Helen	Colors This books illustrates the different shades of a color.	2012
J BOARDBK DAVIS	Davis, Sarah	My First Colors : Let's Learn Them All From bright red fire trucks to beautiful rainbows, this is the perfect first colors book for parent and toddlers to share.	2011
J BOARDBK DODD	Dodd, Emma	Clever Color Illustrations are identified by their colors.	2003
J BOARDBK GILLI	Gillingham, Sara	Julius! I Love Color! Finger puppet attached to back cover appears through rainbow shaped die-cut holes in the pages.	2011
J BOARDBK HAWKI	Hawkins, Emily	Rainbow Fun! "Have fun and amaze baby with all the bright, beautiful colors of the rainbow!"--Cover back.	2008
J BOARDBK HILL	Hill, Eric	Spot's First Colors Fun with Spot.	2011
J BOARDBK HOBAN	Hoban, Tana	Black and White White illustrations against a black background, alternating with black illustrations against a white background, depicting objects such as an elephant, butterfly, leaf, horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.	2007
J BOARDBK HOBAN	Hoban, Tana	Black on White Black illustrations against a white background depict such objects as an elephant, butterfly, and leaf.	1993
J BOARDBK HOBAN	Hoban, Tana	White on Black White illustrations against a black background depict such objects as a horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.	1993
J BOARDBK HORAC	Horacek, Petr	What is Black and White?	2001
J BOARDBK HORNE	Horne, Jane	Colors: First Concepts "A first look at colors. Bright, sparkling pages, beautiful photography and clear presentation."--Cover back.	2007
J BOARDBK MCELR	McElroy, Jean	Baby's Colorful World!	2011
J BOARDBK PIMSL	Pimsleur Levine, Julia	Colors As young readers help Little Pim the panda find objects that are red, yellow, blue, and green they learn the Spanish and French words for the colors and other terms.	2011
J BOARDBK ROBER	Robertson, J. Jean	Blue	2009
J BOARDBK ROBER	Robertson, J. Jean	Yellow	2009
J BOARDBK SIRET	Sirett, Dawn	Colors My little carry books	2011
J BOARDBK WILL	Karp, Ken	Will You Wear a Blue Hat? Photographs and brief, rhyming text feature a toddler getting dressed to go out in the cold.	2010
J BOARDBK YOLEN	Yolen, Jane	How do Dinosaurs Learn their Colors? Illustrations and rhyming text show dinosaurs learning the names of all the colors of the rainbow.	2006
JE BROWN	Brown, Margaret Wise	My World of Color Rhyming verses describe things that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, gray, white, and pink.	2002
JE BROWN	Brown, Margaret Wise	The Color Kittens While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.	2009

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This list was created by Children's Services Librarians.
General comments and suggestions can be sent to Becky White at bwhite@acpl.info, or to Mary R. Voors, Manager, Children's Services at mvoors@acpl.info.