My Box of Color - Hardcover

Lorianne Siomades

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1563977117 ISBN 13: 9781563977114

Publisher: Boyds Mills Press, 1998

Synopsis

Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction

About this title

About the Author:

Lorianne Siomades is an artist and graphic designer. She is the author and illustrator of Cuckoo Can't Find You, Kangaroo and Cricket, My Box of Color, and A Place to Bloom. She is also the illustrator of This Is the Ocean by Kersten Hamilton, and Where Wild Babies Sleep by Ann Purmell. She lives in Colorado.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 1-At first glance, this lively look at colors seems like the hundreds of other concept books for this age group. However, no single color is named in the entire text. Instead, Siomades explores the relationship between colors and the identities and functions of familiar animate and inanimate objects. For example, "If I made the sun this color (blue), would it still be just as hot?" "If I made my beets this color (yellow), would they taste like beets or not?" Most importantly, the author asks, "What if I were not the color that I was meant to be...Would you still be my friend? Would you still like me?" The attractive illustrations are akin to Eric Carle's collages and feature such delights as a big aqua gorilla, a gray peacock, and the long neck of a blue giraffe. Children will think the book is one of those silly games where they can determine what is wrong with this picture, but some guidance will be necessary for them to get the subtle underlying message. This twist on the adage "You can't judge a book by its cover" will certainly add to discussions of how color applies to perceptions and preconceived ideas.-Torrie Hodgson, Burlington Public Library, WA

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About this edition

• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1563977117
• ISBN 13: 9781563977114
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32