They Say Blue, Jillian Tamaki
They Say Blue, Jillian Tamaki
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They Say Blue

Author: Jillian Tamaki

Narrator: Michi Barall

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/27/2018


Synopsis

In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, Tamaki follows 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on August 05, 2019

What a beautiful book about color. “They say blue is the color of the sky … which is true today!” That’s how the book starts out. Lovely. yet, when you put water in your hands, it looks clear. I love this story. In Chinese culture, for the longest time, they didn’t have the color blue. They have Qin......more

Goodreads review by Hilary on November 07, 2018

3.5 stars. I didn't think I'd like this from the cover, the girl is drawn in a strange way, out of proportion and clumsy but the inside is a lot better. I really liked the illustrations and the quiet poetic text. A nice journey through colours and seasons.......more

Goodreads review by Dave on December 01, 2018

Each year my family reads all the Goodreads-award-nominated picture books, and we have been doing this for years. Everyone rates each book and adds a comment and it may (or may not) affect my overall rating. This is book #4 of 2018. Lyra (11): 3.5 stars. I like the color and how you can see what the......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 07, 2019

I liked this book. It’s a good about going through the seasons and more complex and interesting than most colors books. Its’ fun and sweet too. I enjoyed the illustrations as they went from blue (and clear) to orange to red to golden/yellow to gray to purple to green to brown to white to black. I wa......more