Find Colors

by Tamara Shopsin, Jason Fulford

A colors book with no colors ? instead, die-cuts to peek through and find them yourself

This introduction to colors integrates the reader's surroundings into carefully considered die-cut silhouettes, providing children the space to visually experiment. Readers will gaze around the room through a rooster-shaped hole in search of something red, through a sun-shaped hole for something yellow, through squiggly worms for something pink. Designed for the youngest readers, this sturdy board book features 12 die-cuts made to flip and carry on a color-seeking mission. Inspired by the Whitney Museum's approach to looking at art, these books provide a new way to look at the world.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

28 pages, Board Book

Published June 11, 2018

Reviews

[Jj · Rating 3 out of 5]

This team again brings us a thought-provoking book that can help to explore new ways of seeing and thinking about things. Here, the reader is using cutout shapes in the book to "find" something of the color which the shape corresponds with (for example, gray for elephant shape and white for moon shape). It's a very cool idea, but not for with little ones who are just learning colors and need to see concrete examples on the pages. For this audience, looking for a color you are still trying to learn is an exercise in frustration. It would be great for older kids and I would love to use it in a classroom, too, but not for the very young. For this audience, having a conversation about colors and finding them in the space you're in or moving through is a much more fruitful and constructive way to approach this concept.

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 5 out of 5]

Shopsin, Tamara and Fulford, Jason Find Colors, BOARD BOOK. Phaidon, 2018. $15. 9780714876597

This board book features white pages with cutout shapes. It has simple instructions on each page: Find Yellow, features a cutout of a sun, while Find Orange features a circular shape. Twelve total colors.

This is a fantastic book to give an active toddler to four year old who is learning colors. It has more of an interactive feel and gets them up and moving. It would not be a great story time book, but a great book for a learning station or to hand to an active child. Sturdy pages could withstand the discovery of colors in a variety of settings.

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[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This little board book is so clever! Each page reads "Find (color)" and has a cutout picture of something in that color. For example "Find purple" and a cutout of grapes. Your little one can hold it up against a purple backdrop to make the grapes turn purple. This is a great book for teaching and reinforcing how many colors are around us.

[Kirsti Call · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a clever introduction to shapes and colors! This book has white pages with cutout shapes that the kids use as an interactive tool. The first page says: "Find Yellow" and there is a cutout of a sun. The active toddler can them explore the world by looking through the cutout to find the color. SO MUCH FUN!!!

[Cara Byrne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this inventive board book that encourages its readers to find the green to fill in a leaf and colors to fill a rainbow. My preschooler and I had fun running around the house to fill the pages.

[Dylan Teut · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very clever.

[Miss Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfection.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a board book that is done in completely black and white pages. The pages have cutouts that little readers can look through to find the color that is listed on the page.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A unique take on a colors book where each page has a cutout and a color name but you have to look around your world for the color. Preschool and up

[Radia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rahma loved it, she had a great time with its brilliant ideas.

[Allison · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not impressed. You might as well just ask your child to point out colors in a room. No need to buy the book.

[Jennifer Miera · Rating 4 out of 5]

board book.

[Brindi Michele · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars for creativity and fun :)

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite unique.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the interactive challenge of this book. Die-cut sturdy board book perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much fun!

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun idea, but premature for us.