Canadian Animals in Colour

by Geraldo Valério

Discover creatures of all colours in this Canadian concept book

Here they come…orange foxes, blue whales, red cardinals, and many more Canadian animals in colour! New from the creator of board books Canadian Animals ABC and Canadian Animals 123, the third book in this Canadian trio introduces young readers to the concept of colour.

Each spread features one of 10 different colours along with a Canadian animal brightly rendered in Geraldo Valério’s simple yet sophisticated paper collage. Each spread also features a lively descriptive phrase full of wordplay, alliteration, and rhyme.

From the familiar black bears breakfasting in a bed of berries, to the more exotic purple sea stars stretching and pink prawns pirouetting, young readers will love discovering wildlife from a mix of environments including land, sea, and sky.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

22 pages, Hardcover

Published September 15, 2019

About the author

Geraldo Valerio’s work as an author and illustrator has been published in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Portugal, France, the United Kingdom and China.

Geraldo lives in Toronto, Canada. He attended university in Brazil, receiving a bachelor’s degree in drawing from Federal University of Minas Gerais. He earned a Master of Arts degree from New York University in 2000.

Reviews

[Chinook]

This was really well done. Having the letters for each colour word done in that colour definitely encourages Kait to look at the spellings. The animals are a mix of common and more unusual and the language contains a few harder words too. There’s a lot of alliteration, which is helpful with talking about beginning sounds.

[Liva Nickel]

I love the art style.

[Vyv V]

even better than Canadian Animals ABC