Color Farm
Lois Ehlert. HarperCollins, $18.89 (40pp) ISBN 978-0-397-32441-5
Through imaginative use of cutouts, Ehlert ( Color Zoo ) has created two books in one. Each recto page shows a barnyard animal--cow, chicken, rooster, duck--composed almost entirely of geometric shapes. Turn the page, and the verso shows one of those shapes cut out and labeled on a contrasting background. Ehlert's characteristically electric palette and her strong, sure sense of design make this a stimulating primer of basic shapes and familiar animals. The book will also encourage awareness of and experimentation with the ways shapes combine to form--or even simply suggest--the objects in our world. Ages 1-5. (Sept.)
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Reviewed on: 10/01/1990
Genre: Children's
Board Books - 13 pages - 978-0-694-01066-0
Hardcover - 40 pages - 978-0-397-32440-8