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California, 1938--When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's spacious house with a secret, however--Rosie sees colors when she hears sound. She promised her mother she'd never reveal her little-understood ability to anyone, but the weight of her isolation and grief proves too...
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Philomel Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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One day, Duncan is happily coloring with his crayons when a stack of postcards arrives in the mail from his former crayons, each of which has run away or been left behind, and all of which want to come home.
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Obolensky
Pub. Date
c1959
Language
English
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Little blue and little yellow share wonderful adventures. One day, they can't find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. But where did little blue and little yellow go? Are they lost?
8) Sulwe
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English
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When five-year-old Sulwe's classmates make fun of her dark skin, she tries lightening herself to no avail, but a shooting star's tale of the sisters Night and Day helps her understand there is beauty and worth in every shade.
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Philomel Books
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English
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Rather than use the same old colors, a child paints animals and objects in a variety of different hues. Includes biographical information about the German painter Franz Marc, who created unconventional animal paintings in the early 1900s.
11) Colors!
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Publisher
Groundwood/House of Anansi
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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A bilingual book presents a vision of a planet in which nature, words, and the rising and setting of the sun and moon exist in harmony as readers see fleeting, evocative glimpses of the qualities inherent in a range of colors.
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English
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"All of the chickens in the farmyard lay eggs regularly-- all except for P. Zonka, that is. She's too busy looking at the colors of the world around her. The other chickens think P. Zonka's just lazy...until she lays the most beautiful egg they've ever seen"--
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Publisher
Groundwood/House of Anansi
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In a story where the text appears in white letters on a black background, as well as in Braille, with the illustrations are raised on a black surface, Thomas describes how he recognizes different colors using various senses.
18) They say blue
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.
19) Let's play!
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Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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A lively yellow dot leads the reader through a journey through color, shape, and a child's imagination.
20) Mix it up!
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Handprint Books, an imprint of Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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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.
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