Blue Goose
Nancy Tafuri, . . Simon & Schuster, $15.99 (28pp) ISBN 978-1-4169-2834-8
Farmer Gray’s homestead is as colorless as his name—even the sky and grass are gray. So, while he’s away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck get some paint and undertake a barnyard makeover. First they cover a few things in their signature colors—and what they redecorate can be surprising: “White Duck painted the fence white. And Yellow Chick painted all the flowers yellow.” Next the animals mix the different colors (e.g., yellow and blue make green for the grass.) With a little teamwork, they’re even able to paint the sun yellow (this image requires a vertical format so readers can fully savor the effort involved). Tafuri’s (
Reviewed on: 12/10/2007
Genre: Children's
Board Books - 34 pages - 978-1-4169-2835-5
Portable Document Format (PDF) - 32 pages - 978-1-4424-4456-0