Colors

eContent 

• Board Books: Durable titles on sturdy pages designed for little hands that introduce numbers and simple color concepts. 
• Picture Books: A selection of picture books for all ages with different colorful adventures. 
• World Language Materials: A selection of picture books for all ages in various languages. 
• Children’s Nonfiction: A selection of titles exploring simple colors and art concepts designed for younger readers. 
• Theme Backpacks: Host a storytime at home using these backpacks, which include books, manipulatives, and other resources related to a particular theme. 
• STEAM Kits: Explore concepts using these kits, which include books and manipulatives to encourage hands-on exploration. 
• Launchpads: Pre-loaded tablets with games and educational activities to help young learners practice their colors. 
• Wonderbooks: Print books with pre-loaded audio content bound into the cover. Enjoy hearing your favorite color stories read aloud as you turn the pages. 
• DVDs: A selection of DVDs related to learning your colors. Many titles are based on picture books. 
• eContent: Electronic books, audiobooks, free streaming videos, and similar resources related to colors. 

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eBooks 

My First Colors 
With colorful, bright photographs alongside clear word labels your little one will begin to recognize red from yellow and even multi-colored objects too. Each page introduces one color using objects or animals to fully engage your toddler and keep early learning simple. 

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt 
Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Blue crayon needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. Black crayon wants to be used for more than just outlining. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking – each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best? 

Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall 
Red has a bright red label, but he is, in fact, blue. His teacher tries to help him be red (let’s draw strawberries!), his mother tries to help him be red by sending him out on a playdate with a yellow classmate (go draw a nice orange!), and the scissors try to help him be red by snipping his label so that he has room to breathe. But Red is miserable. He just can’t be red, no matter how hard he tries! Finally, a brand-new friend offers a brand-new perspective, and Red discovers what readers have known all along. He’s blue! 

A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni 
Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes rom green to yellow to red…and so does the chameleon. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend they will always be alike. 

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. 
Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them. 

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds 
Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can’t wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream. 

Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal 
Spring is here, and it’s almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy gathering flowers to make into colorful powders to toss during the festival. And when at last the big day comes, they gather with their friends, family, and neighbors for a vibrant celebration of fresh starts, friendship, forgiveness, and, of course, fun! 

Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors by Joyce Sidman 
With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. Illustrator Pam Zagarenski’s interpretations go beyond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it. 

They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki 
Follow a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water cupped in her hands isn’t blue like they say. But maybe a blue whale is blue. She doesn’t know, she hasn’t seen one. Playful and philosophical, They Say Blue is a book about color as well as perspective, about the things we can see and the things we can only wonder at. 

Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong 
In this lively picture book, children discover a world of colors all around them: red is spices and swirling skirts, yellow is masa, tortillas, and sweet corn cake. Many of the featured objects are Latino is origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this playful concept book will reinforce the colors found in every child’s day! 

Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong 
Younger children will be engaged by Red Is a Dragon, as a young girl finds a rainbow of colors in her everyday life.  

eAudiobooks 

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert 
A mother and child plant a rainbow of colors in their flower garden. 

Kanopy for Kids 

My Garden 
A girl dreams of creating a garden full of chocolate rabbits, flowers that change colors, seashells and tomatoes the size of beach balls.