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Picture Books about Colors
Monsters love colors
by Mike Austin

An array of monsters happily howl, growl and roar while mixing primary colors to make new shades and hues that enable small, grey monsters to transform into big, colorful monsters. By the author of the digital children's book app, A Present for Milo. 40,000 first printing.
White Rabbit's color book
by Alan Baker

White Rabbit hops from one paint pot to another, changing colors as he goes, until he ends up brown
Little green peas : a big book of colors
by Keith Baker

The New York Times best-selling stars of LMNO Peas and 1-2-3 Peas are back for a romp through a rainbow of colors, from blue boats, seas and flags, to orange balloons, umbrellas and fizzy drinks.
Edible colors
by Jennifer Vogel Bass

A boldly illustrated celebration of unusual fruits and vegetables reveals how familiar produce can be different colors and still be delicious, from red bananas and purple broccoli to yellow cherries and green carrots.
Paddington's colors
by Michael Bond

Paddington Bear introduces the concept of color as he arranges purple drapes, spills blue and yellow paint on his white apron, washes multi-hued clothes, and sinks into a brown easy chair. Reprint.
My cold plum lemon pie bluesy mood
by Tameka Fryer Brown

Jamie describes his mood throughout the day, using colors and rhythmic text, as he changes from an "easy green mood" while drawing a picture for his sister to a "brooding black mood" when he is teased for doing so. 10,000 first printing.
Cat's colors
by Jane Cabrera

A cat describes ten different colors and tells which one is its favorite
Kente colors
by Deborah M. Newton Chocolate

A rhyming description of the kente cloth costumes of the Ashanti and Ewe people of Ghana and a portrayal of the symbolic colors and patterns
Freight train
by Donald Crews

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles
Dog's colorful day : a messy story about colors and counting
by Emma Dodd

Dog always seems to be underfoot when something messy (and colorful) is spilt, giving readers ten different spots on his white coat to count before book's end and Dog's bath.
Warthogs paint : a messy color book
by Pamela Duncan Edwards

The companion to Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book introduces readers to primary and secondary colors as a pack of warthogs do some wild painting in order to entertain themselves on a rainy day.
I spy on the farm
by Edward Gibbs

An interactive introduction to farm animals invites youngsters to make animal noises and practice color and letter recognition while peeping through a spy hole on every page and observing clues to guess which animal will be revealed next in the story.
Is it red? Is it yellow? Is it blue? : an adventure in color
by Tana Hoban

Illustrations of familiar people and objects introduce colors, red, yellow, blue, orange, green, and purple
Wow! said the owl
by Tim Hopgood

Wanting to see what the world looks like during the light of day, a little owl forces himself awake one morning and takes in all the colorful sights around him, including vibrant flowers and puffy white clouds, in this amusing picture with read-aloud text for preschoolers.
Red green blue : a first book of colors
by Alison Jay

A latest entry in the series that includes Picture This… invites children to build color-recognition skills in a whimsical tale about a boy who discovers a rainbow in a magical world populated by favorite nursery rhyme characters.
Open this little book
by Jesse Klausmeier

Illustrated by the acclaimed artist of Wave and featuring a debut author, a sophisticated story-within-a-story introduction to colors is comprised of scaled pages that pair colors with incrementally smaller books sandwiched within each other.
Growing colors
by Bruce McMillan

Photographs of green peas, yellow corn, red potatoes, purple beans, and other fruits and vegetables illustrate the many colors of nature
Ooh! Matisse
by Mil Niepold

Bright and playful close-ups of some of Henri Matisse's most celebrated collages encourage children to find the whale in Matisse's dove, the splash of milk in his star, and the rays of sunshine in a blue leaf.
One
by Kathryn Otoshi

Introduces young readers to numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors by offering the story of ill-tempered Red who got too powerful for his own good and had to be brought down to size by One--a single entity with the courage to stand up for what was right.
Who said red?
by Mary Serfozo

A little girl and her brother introduce red, green, blue, yellow, and other colors as they wander about their farm
White is for blueberry
by George Shannon

Demonstrating how things don't always appear in nature in the colors we expect, an informative picture book presents fruits, flowers, and animals in a colorful and unique way.
Colors : With Color Wheel to Mix and Match
by Susan Steggall

Invites readers to learn about colors through illustrations of over twenty vehicles from bulldozers and trucks to cranes and diggers, and includes an interactive color wheel
Mix it up!
by Hervé Tullet

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
Follow me
by Tricia Tusa

A girl travels through an imaginative world of colors by way of a swing
I went walking
by Sue Williams

During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors
Bear sees colors
by Karma Wilson

A first entry in a concept picture book series by the best-selling creators of Bear Snores On invites young children to practice early recognition skills by helping Bear search for various colors.

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