Early years: colours
Penguin Putnam Inc Red House Brown Mouse
Book Synopsis*A Children''s Book Committee Best Board Book of the Year*A bit Each Peach Pear Plum, a bit All the World, this acclaimed read-aloud celebrates colors, counting, and more. Deceptively simple yet packed with delights and now perfectly sized for babies and toddlers, it''s an ideal baby shower or toddler birthday gift.Red house, blue house, green house, tree house. See the tiny mouse in her little brown house?As an adventurous little mouse sets off into the world, she introduces new concepts to the very youngest. From colors and counting to animals and vehicles, this rhyming read-aloud gem is sure to enthrall babies and toddlers, who will delight in the search-and-find element on every spread--the intrepid mouse herself!* Wonderful...Delightful --Kirkus (starred review)* Excellent...Perfectly aimed at the very youngest --The Horn Book (starred review)Appealing...Calls for engagemeTrade ReviewA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year★ “Preschoolers can follow a little brown mouse on its traveling adventures in this engaging color concept book. . . . A wonderful read-aloud . . . Clean-lined, colorful . . . Myriad delightful details . . . The people depicted are diverse both racially as well as in physical ability. Delightful and engaging.” —Kirkus (starred review)★ Jaunty and interactive . . . A cheerful there-and-back-again adventure—that’s also an excellent color-concept book—perfectly aimed at the very youngest." —The Horn Book (starred review)"Once the book has been read a few times and the mouse found, flip to the end pages for a new game. Match the patches on the endpapers with the related story images throughout the book. Verdict: A fun concept book for the very young with a seek-and-find element for slightly older, more savvy readers." —School Library Journal"The book calls for engagement on multiple levels: conveying basic concepts of color and counting (“Can you count the petals/ in the garden bed?), building language skills in the rhymes, and playing seek-and-find for the mouse on each spread. Even the travel patch–dotted endpapers spark activity. . . . Appealing [and] educational." —Publishers Weekly
£7.99
Random House USA Inc Pequeño Azul Y Pequeño Amarillo Little Blue and
Book SynopsisA Spanish/English bilingual board book edition of Leo Lionni''s beloved classic, Little Blue and Little Yellow.Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other so big a hug that they turn green! Leo Lionni’s first picture book is now available in bilingual board-bookform, perfect for the littlest readers of English and Spanish.Pequeño Azul y Pequeño Amarillo son muy buenos amigos, pero un día no pueden reunirse. Cuando finalmente seencuentran, se abrazan tan fuerte que se vuelven verdes. El primer libro ilustrado de Leo Lionni ya está disponible en libro cartonébilingüe, perfecto para los lectores más pequeños de inglés y español.
£8.54
Random House USA Inc All the Colors of Christmas Board
Book SynopsisThe bestselling author of When God Made You and When I Pray for You captures the wonder of Christmas and the joy of Jesus'' birth in a lyrical exploration of what makes the season so colorful, magical, and personal. In his trademark style, Matthew Paul Turner celebrates the Christmas season, particularly the colors that infuse the holiday and all the memorable sensations and experiences—including a festive market, sledding, and nativity scene—connected to those bright hues. Matthew draws his readers into a whirling ribbon of the familiar reds and greens of Christmas, as well as other festive hues, including white, gold, blue, and brown.Christmas is RED.It''s a bright shiny sled.It''s candy canes,and toy store lanes.It''s sprinkles on sweet bread. Christmas is BROWN It’s pinecones scattered round… It’s a cradle soft with hay And a donkey’s gentle bray. It’s God within a baby’s skin on that very first Christmas Day. All the colors come together when readers are reminded that Christmas is YOU—you’re a part of the story, the joy and the glory! Matthew shows us again and again that the holidays are nothing without being with the people we love, celebrating treasured traditions, and making new memories—all in vivid color.
£8.54
Penguin Putnam Inc The Crayons Trick or Treat
Book SynopsisThe hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day The Crayons Quit are ready to celebrate Halloween!The Crayons want to go trick-or-treating, but they''re not sure what to say! In this humorous, small hardcover Halloween story, Purple Crayon teaches the rest of the crayon box the magic words to say when they ring their neighbors'' doorbells. (Hint: It''s NOT Boo!)Trade Review"Fans of the colorful cast will enjoy this silly confection." –Horn Book"Pleasing snack-size fun!" –Publisher's Weekly"A laugh-inducing Halloween read-along." –Kirkus"A must-have for any library." –School Library Journal
£9.49
Penguin Young Readers Hello Baby
£11.10
Penguin Young Readers Curious Baby
£11.17
Penguin USA My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood
Book SynopsisWhat color is your mood?On a really good day, Jamie feels purple like the first bite of a juicy cold plum.And with a crayon in his hand, Jamie eases into a green feeling--like a dragon dancing through a jungle made of green jello.But when his brothers push him around and make fun of his drawings, Jamie feels like a dark gray storm brewing.What will it take to put Jamie back in a bright-feeling mood?Through Jamie, young readers will learn to describe how they’re feeling in a unique way.My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood is a 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book.
£16.19
Penguin Putnam Inc Blue Chicken
Book SynopsisA mind-bendingly clever farmyard romp In this deceptively simple picture book, author-illustrator Deborah Freedman has created an irresistible character that springs to life and wreaks havoc in a farmyard with a pot of blue paint. The innocent chicken just wants to help, but things get worse and worse - and bluer and bluer - the more she tries. Playing with colors and perspective, and using minimal text, this richly layered story reveals new things to see and laugh about with each reading.Trade ReviewRaves for Blue Chicken:"Breathtakingly beautiful meta-illustrations will draw many eyes to this tale of a curious chicken who spills some paint... Delicate and durable, visually sophisticated yet friendly: simply exquisite." —Kirkus, starred review"Full of surprise and emotion... The book has much to pore over on every page, and children will want to experience the action over and over again." —School Library Journal, starred review"The spare, poetic text allows the images to shine... this delightful treat emphasizes the joy of breaking free of conventional boundaries and turning accidents into art." —Booklist, starred review"While the artist is away, the chickens will indeed play, and Deborah Freedman has captured their antics in this book overflowing with joyful fun." —BookPage"... all will appreciate the sheer joy of a book that celebrates color and innocent mischief." —Horn Book Magazine
£16.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Boats Board Book
Book SynopsisByron Barton introduces young readers to all different kinds of boats in this bold and colorful board book.
£8.43
Quarto Publishing PLC Color Me Who Loves Dinosaurs Watch Me Change
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£9.49
Tundra Books The Button Book
Book SynopsisThis silly and sweet picture book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here.Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things!From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day.A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!).
£15.29
Tundra Books The Button Book
Book SynopsisThis silly and sweet board book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here.Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? Follow a group of animal friends as they discover a collection of mysterious buttons, all of which do different things!From a blue singing button to a purple tickle button, from a rude sound button to a mysterious white button, there's only one way to find out what they do: press them all! And thankfully, there's even a sleeping button to lull the animals to sleep after a busy day.A lively introduction to colors and shapes, The Button Book is the perfect interactive book for storytime (and bedtime!).
£9.49
DK DK Super Readers PreLevel Colorful Days
Book SynopsisHow many colors can you see all around you! Make reading your superpower with DK’s beautiful, leveled nonfiction.Use your reading superpowers to learn all about the colors in your world - a high-quality, fun, nonfiction reader - carefully leveled to help children progress.Colorful Days is a beautifully designed reader all about the colors all around us, from white snow to red apples, pink flowers to green trees. The engaging text has been carefully leveled using Lexile so that children are set up to succeed. A motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills. Children will love to find out about the colors of the world and search all around for the colors they can find.
£6.49
DK Guinea Pigs Go Painting
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£7.99
DK DK Super Readers PreLevel Bilingual Colorful Days
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£13.49
Kingfisher The Stories and Secrets of Colors
Book SynopsisFrom prehistory to the present day, colors have shaped our world in more ways than you might expect.In The Stories and Secrets of Colors, young readers can explore the many meanings behind and uses for color all over the world, from the use of orange at Halloween to why saffron is so expensive and what makes flamingos pink. Through color, we discover amazing facts about animals and plants, learn how colors have changed the course of history and find out how different colors affect our moods and health.Vivid, imaginative full-spread illustrations from artist Sirjana Kaur are a joyful celebration of color and award-winning Susie Brook''s text reveals how color is infused into every part of our lives.
£18.69
DK Baby Colors
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£8.10
Running Press,U.S. Halloween TrickorTreat
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£9.25
Candlewick Press,U.S. Strawberries Are Red
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£8.51
Candlewick Press,U.S. My Blue Is Happy
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£16.14
Candlewick Press,U.S. Maude the NotSoNoticeable Shrimpton
Book SynopsisLauren Child teams up with a debut illustrator to tell a cautionary tale about the surprising perils of craving constant attention.Meet the Shrimpton family — so talented, so eccentric, so larger than life, you couldn’t miss them if you wanted to. Mrs. Shrimpton wears flamboyant hats, and Mr. Shrimpton’s moustache makes quite a statement. The youngsters each have a stand-out quality: beauty, dancing, singing, a sense of humor that’s a laugh a minute. Indeed, the Shrimptons live to be noticed — all that is, except Maude, who prefers to blend into the wallpaper. But when Maude receives a ferocious tiger for her birthday instead of the goldfish she asked for, might her talent for blending in come in handy? With stylized artwork evoking both Vogue magazine and Edward Gorey, here is a story to bring a smile to all the quiet stars among us.
£15.29
Candlewick Press (MA) Peppa Pig and the Easter Rainbow
Book SynopsisPeppa is excited about gathering colored eggs for Easter. Will she be able to find them all?Peppa and her family are on an Easter egg hunt, and Peppa wants to find lots of eggs — one in every color. Red, orange, and yellow are easy to spot, but the grass is too high for Peppa and George to see the rest of the eggs. And — drip, drip, drip —oh dear, is that rain? When the sun comes out quickly, something beautiful stretches across the sky, and if Peppa is lucky, her colored eggs might just make an Easter rainbow of their own.
£14.24
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Chesapeake Rainbow
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£10.99
Penguin Books Ltd One Yellow Lion Fold out Fun with Numbers Colors
Book SynopsisEvery page contains a surprise in this active picture book, filled with countable, colorful critters to engage the very young. Each spread features a number word from one to ten, a color word, and an Arabic numeral, folding out to reveal one or more lively animals.
£11.39
Holiday House Inc Red
Book SynopsisFrom the Two-time Caldecott Honor Award winning author/illustrator of Green and Blue comes Red, a story about a lost fox that explores emotions-- fear, love, anger, and more-- through the use of vivid color.With a combination of sumptuous illustrations, ingenious die-cut pages, and simple text, Red is a beautiful companion to the Caldecott Honor Book Green and the highly acclaimed Blue. In this book, award-winning artist Laura Vaccaro Seeger once again turns her attention to the ways in which color evokes emotion.Dark Red,Light Red,Lost red,Bright red.Separated from its family, a lone fox experiences, anger, fear, and ultimately love as it journeys home. Lost and alone, he makes his way through a dark forest, injures his paw, has glancing encounters with humans, and finds himself trapped in a cage, before an act of kindness returns him to the wilderness.A CCBC Choice
£17.09
Holiday House Inc The Science of Light
Book SynopsisWith a striking glow-in-the-dark cover, this intriguing science book invites young readers to find light all around. An Orbis Pictus Honor BookSun shines.Stars twinkle.Aurora borealis glimmers.Dramatic paintings of lightning, fire, fireworks and more introduces the sources of light—both natural and manmade—and encourage children to look around and observe.Kids will gasp in surprise at the beautiful glow-in-the-dark cover, and the bold spreads within. Margaret Peot''s distinctive art style captures the elusive nature of light. Bioluminescent squid, fireflies and phytoplankton reveal light sources in living things. Fireworks and light bubbles sparkle on the page. This foundational science book will kindle curiosity in physical science and the natural world. The simple text makes science accessible to all ages.Toddlers will delight in the colorful art at storytime. As they grow
£15.19
Holiday House Inc Rainbow Shopping
Book SynopsisSharing a delicious meal helps a child feel loved in this heartfelt tribute to Chinatown and spending days-off together.On a rainy Saturday, a young girl feels as gray as a pigeon. Since moving from China to New York City, Mom, Dad, and Grandma have been very busy working. But a trip to Mom’s favorite Chinatown store to find the best produce, seafood, and spices for dinner just might turn the girl''s day around.Later on, Dad steams, boils, fries, and stir-fries all the ingredients while girl and Grandma taste-test. After cozy goodnights, a final dream spread shows the family walking hand-in-hand in rainbow colors--an affirmation of love and support even on rainy, gray days.Inspired by Qing Zhuang’s experience as a first generation Chinese American, Rainbow Shopping explores a young child''s feelings of loneliness and discovery with tenderness and humor. Qing uses watercolor, colored pencil, and crayon to beautifully recreate NYC''s Chin
£15.19
Holiday House Inc The Science of Light
Book SynopsisWith a striking glow-in-the-dark cover, this intriguing science book invites young readers to find light all around. An Orbis Pictus Honor BookSun shines.Stars twinkle.Aurora borealis glimmers.Dramatic paintings of lightning, fire, fireworks and more introduces the sources of light—both natural and manmade—and encourage children to look around and observe.Kids will gasp in surprise at the beautiful glow-in-the-dark cover, and the bold spreads within. Margaret Peot''s distinctive art style captures the elusive nature of light. Bioluminescent squid, fireflies and phytoplankton reveal light sources in living things. Fireworks and light bubbles sparkle on the page. This foundational science book will kindle curiosity in physical science and the natural world. The simple text makes science accessible to all ages.Toddlers will delight in the colorful art at storytime. As they grow
£8.54
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Animals in Camouflage
Book SynopsisIncredible illustrations highlight this striking book introducing animals in camouflage. The lush illustrations alone will enthrall readers, but clues to seven remarkably well-hidden animals will draw them into new worlds. Further explorations of the habits and lives of these animals is provided in the back of the book.
£7.59
Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. Cincuenta en la cebra Fifty On the Zebra
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£7.59
Tundra Books Over Under
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc What Does Bunny See
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£7.99
SCHOLASTIC USA GOLDEN DOMES SILVER LANTERNS
Book SynopsisMagnificently capturing the colorful world of Islam for the youngest readers, this breathtaking and informative picture book celebrates Islams beauty and traditions. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, everyday colors are given special meaning as young readers learn about clothing, food, and other important elements of Islamic culture, with a young Muslim girl as a guide. Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns is equally at home in a classroom reading circle as it is being read to a child on a parents lap.
£13.49
Disney Book Publishing Inc. Disney Baby Colors
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£11.69
Abrams Pantone Color Puzzles 6 ColorMatching Puzzles
Book SynopsisWith eight colour-matching puzzles of stylised art in vivid tints and shades children will learn to colour-match shades in a self-correcting format. The illustration will have 4 removable puzzle pieces that fit into the 4 associated quadrants, by shade. An appropriately challenging and fun first-puzzle book for the colour-conscious!
£18.04
National Geographic Kids Look and Learn Colours
Book SynopsisIn these 24-page board books, young children will learn important skills such as naming, sorting, counting, matching, as well as basics such as colors, letters, and numbers, through fun, interactive games and activities in these photographically illustrated titles.In this book, children will learn colors by grouping colors in isolation, and then in context.
£8.92
Chronicle Books Steam Train Dream Train Colors
Book Synopsis"The beautiful illustrations alone make this story a favorite but the accompanying gentle text makes learning colors a relaxing experience." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorAll aboard for a rainbow of train cars and their lively animal crew! Vivid colors and cozy rhyming text inspired by the bestselling Steam Train, Dream Train will make learning colors a rich experience for the smallest readers. COLOR LEARNING: A rainbow of train cars roll along the tracks with color-coordinated animal friends—including an orange lion, gray elephant, pink hippo, green dinosaur, and white polar bear—who work, play, and snooze along the way, offering a great introduction to colors and color recognition for babies and toddlers! FUN READ-ALOUD: Vivid colors and cozy rhyming text inspired by the timeless bedtime story Steam Train, Dream Train make for a tremendously satisfying read-aloud experience, perfect for energetic kids who love train rides. BESTSELLING CREATORS: Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld are the author and illustrator of numerous #1 New York Times bestsellers, including Steam Train, Dream Train, which is now available in a deluxe edition with a special foldout poster, and the wildly popular Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series.Perfect for: Young train enthusiasts Anyone looking for early concept board books with compelling visuals or a fun, interactive family read-aloud book Gift-giving for baby showers and toddler birthdays Animal lovers and fans of color books like Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; The Day the Crayons Quit; Blue Hat, Green Hat; and Press Here
£9.24
Chronicle Books Green Is a Chile Pepper A Book of Colors
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£7.99
Boxer Books Spring Street Tummy Time Babys First Book in
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£9.33
Boxer Books Spring Street Tummy Time Babys First Book in
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£9.31
Pelican Publishing Company Counting Colors in Texas
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£9.45
Arcadia Publishing (SC) I Know My Louisiana Colors
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£10.40
DK My First Colors
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£8.47
DK Baby Touch and Feel Colors
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£7.99
DK Baby Touch and Feel I Love You
Book SynopsisAn interactive touch and feel book for babies with a cute love theme and read-aloud text! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning. Baby Touch and Feel: I Love You is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colorful love-inspired illustrations will be more than enough to keep your baby’s attention. This adorable picture book is a perfect first book for preschoolers and makes for an ideal baby gift.Not too big and not too small, this sturdy, padded sensory book is just the right size for little hands to hold. No need for Mom and Dad to turn the pages! Babies and toddlers can turn the tough board book pages themselves, which helps to develop their fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. This charming board book for babies includes: - An amazing range o
£7.99
DK Colors with Ladybug
Book SynopsisFollow a little ladybug on her extraordinary day, as magic flowers turn her red shoes into other colors.Perfect for hands-on learning, this book follows a ladybug on a magical adventure where she learns colors with her animal friends. The exciting peep-through cover and finishes on every page inspire interactive learning. Written in rhyming verse, the ladybug's journey and colorful characters will appeal to a child's imagination and promote a love of books.
£11.56
DK My First Bilingual Colors
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£6.99
Thinking Kids Complete Book of Prek
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£12.34
