What Is Color? From Squished Sea Snails to Flesh Eating Fashion, Steven Weinberg Discusses His Upcoming Informational Book

Funny story. So way way back in November of 2021, author/illustrator Steven Weinberg wrote me to tell me about a project he was working on. He said:

“I’m currently dummying out a leviathan (about 100 pages) of a nonfiction kids book all about how color is made for Roaring Brook. Working title: MANGO PEE, DRAGON’S BLOOD AND SQUISHED SEA SNAILS. (Yes, all pigment sources!) I remember the copies of THE WAY THINGS WORK that I checked out from my school library. Those had been read and poured over...