What colour is an apple? A dog? Grass? Young readers will be amazed by the range of
possibilities What colour is a banana? It can be at least 25 different shades according to
this artful swatchbook of versatile subjects. An inversion of the way we typically look at
colour this book challenges readers' predispositions towards using a particular crayon for a
particular object. 11 items are each presented alongside a grid of color ranges: the apple page
features yellows greens and reds the egg page a range of greens to grays even grass is
surprising with suggestions of pink. The read-along text is playful and philosophical poetic
and factual... all towards expanding readers' assumptions. Inspired by the Whitney Museum's
approach to looking at art these books provide a new way to look at the world.
