Booklist for Exploring Fun with Colors

Try reading a few of these titles with your children before you start your next art project.

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Ages 0-3

Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert

Clever graphic design makes this board book full of a few simple shapes and a whole lot of animals.

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Mouse Paint
Ellen Stollt Walsh

Three white mice find jars of red, blue and yellow paint. The combinations are endless fun.

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Ages 4-8

Bad Day at Riverbend
Chris Van Allsburg

Sheriff Ned Hardy is on the prowl in this Wild West story of a black and white town where unusual color scribbles are beginning to appear.

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Chide Only Likes Blue: An African book of colors
Ifeoma Onyefulu

Nneka’s little brother says he only likes blue until she shows him the other vivid colors around the village.

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Colors Everywhere
Tana Hoban

Readers can match the colors in these everyday scenes of brilliant hues to a spectrum provided.

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Gus and Button
Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers

Gus and his dog, Button, live in a white mushroom village until one day when they go searching for the source of some bright colored fruits and vegetables.

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Little Blue and Little Yellow
Leo Lionni

This is the story of two friends who discover that together they can create something special.

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Lunchtime for a Purple Snake
Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Todd McKie

Jessica enjoys an afternoon painting with her artist grandfather.

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Warthogs Paint: A messy color book
Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by Henry Cole

It’s rainy day fun when warthogs accidentally discover the excitement of mixing paint.

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