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hlparis's review against another edition
5.0
Stunning illustrations in this book constructed with collage and incredible texture and representation of cultures through art. The message is beautiful as well, with a universal theme of belonging and human kindness. Love this book.
readingthroughtheages's review against another edition
4.0
The book uses colors to compare how children from different parts of the world see their surroundings. I wish there had been more information included in backmatter about the different locations, cultures, and traditions.
abigailbat's review against another edition
With gorgeous, rich illustrations, this book asks if the colors one person sees around them are like the colors another person in a different part of the world sees. Each spread or two features a different color and compares, for example, the gold in a bright field of sunflowers to the gold in a shining arrangement of candles or the pink of a sunset to the pink of cotton candy. This is a celebration of life and families around the world.
Consider this for storytimes about colors or about travel around the world or multicultural storytimes.
Consider this for storytimes about colors or about travel around the world or multicultural storytimes.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
This is some great artwork for the beginning reader set. It’s intentional to look like children drew this, but not as messy maybe.
This is posing basically a spiritual question. Do you and I see the same color; do we experience the world the same way? Each page is asking do you see red, or a color, like I see it. It’s a nice way of thinking about our similarities and differences. It takes a while, in my experience, to understand that everyone experiences the world in their own way. It was high school when I realized my friends didn’t think about thing the way I did (slow, I know)
Nephew kept saying, they’ve asked that question before. Aren’t they going to answer it? I told him that is to discover the question, not to answer. Take time and find out from your friends. He looked at me like I was old and silly. He said it was a rather silly book. He wanted an answer. He gave this 2 stars.
This is posing basically a spiritual question. Do you and I see the same color; do we experience the world the same way? Each page is asking do you see red, or a color, like I see it. It’s a nice way of thinking about our similarities and differences. It takes a while, in my experience, to understand that everyone experiences the world in their own way. It was high school when I realized my friends didn’t think about thing the way I did (slow, I know)
Nephew kept saying, they’ve asked that question before. Aren’t they going to answer it? I told him that is to discover the question, not to answer. Take time and find out from your friends. He looked at me like I was old and silly. He said it was a rather silly book. He wanted an answer. He gave this 2 stars.
maidmarianlib's review
4.0
Such a lovely sentiment and I love how the illustrations capture the context and a range of diverse cultural experiences
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