They Say Blue

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

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

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

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