Spring is here and just as the grass starts to get green and plants poke up from the ground, a new book about colors arrived in the mail for us to review.
A Most Vivid Day! is the story of Tommy, a young bat who has only known the dim world of nighttime until he meets a caterpillar who teaches him about color. After deciding to stay up to see the colors for himself, Tommy meets the sun, teaches animals and clouds how to share, becomes the “most colorful bat in the whole world,” and finally helps the sun paint the world. The story ends with Tommy asleep as the sun sets and the moon arrives to cover the world in dark colors of night.
Written and illustrated by Justin Young, the story’s watercolor illustrations bring the reader along on Tommy’s adventures through the grays and blacks of nighttime and into the bright colors of the day.
My four-year-old really enjoyed the story and has already asked to read it again. She didn’t like the animals at first, but decided they were OK after they shared their colors with Tommy: in fact, her favorite part of the story was the way Tommy looked after the animals painted him. She wasn’t too happy that the moon paints over Tommy’s colors at the end of the book. However, she finally decided that moon wasn’t being mean but was instead cleaning Tommy so he could be like his friends again.
A Most Vivid Day! reminded me of The Rainbow Goblins, by Ul De Rico. Although both books are about color and have a suggested age of 4-8, I think this book, with its friendly watercolor artwork, could be read to children of all ages while De Rico’s artwork might be too scary for younger children.
Coming in May 2010, A Most Vivid Day will be available in hardcover for $16.95 in local bookstores and, of course, Amazon. (affiliate link)
Spring is here and just as the grass starts to get green and plants poke up from the ground, a new book about colors arrived in the mail to review.
A Most Vivid Day! is the story of Tommy, a young bat who has only known the dim world of nighttime until he meets a caterpillar who teaches him about color. After deciding to stay up to see the colors for himself, Tommy meets the sun, teaches animals and clouds how to share, becomes the “most colorful bat in the whole world, and finally helps the sun paint the world. The story ends with Tommy asleep as the moon arrives to pain the world in dark colors.
Written and illustrated by Justin Young, the story’s watercolor illustrations bring the reader along Tommy’s trip from the grays and blacks of nighttime to the bright colors of daytime.
My four-year-old enjoyed the story and has already asked to read it again. She didn’t like the animals at first, but decided they were OK after they shared their colors with Tommy; in fact, her favorite part of the story was the way Tommy looked after the animals painted him. She wasn’t too happy that the moon paints over Tommy’s colors at the end of the story, but finally decided that he wasn’t being mean. Instead, the moon was just cleaning Tommy so he could be like his friends.
A Most Vivid Day reminded me of The Rainbow Goblins, by Ul De Rico. Although both books are about color and have a suggested age of 4-8, I think A Most Vivid Day is with its friendly watercolors is better c suited to younger children and could be read to children of all ages.
Coming in May 2010, A Most Vivid Day will be available in May 2010in hardcover for $16.95. Of course, you can always get it at Amazon. (affiliate link)
<a href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978541812?ie=UTF8&tag=snhparents-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0978541812″>