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Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color
Ruby flowers, violet quilts, lime frosting--colors are all around us. How many colors can you find in the pages of this book?
32 pages, Library Binding
First published September 1, 2011
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About the author
Jane Brocket
38 books26 followers[From the author's website:]
My first book The Gentle Art of Domesticity was published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 2007. My second book Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer was published by Hodder & Stoughton in July 2008 and my third book with Hodder Ripping Things to Do was published in July 2009. September 2008 saw the publication in the USA of The Gentle Art of Domesticity by STC Crafts/Melanie Falick Books.
The Gentle Art of Quilt-making was published by Collins & Brown in Spring 2010. It is also published in the US by C&T Publishing (http://www.ctpub.com), in Australia by Penguin, and in a Dutch language edition by Veltman Uitgevers BV.
I am also the creator of the yarnstorm blog. I set up yarnstorm in February 2005 in order to write about knitting but the subject matter soon expanded to include quilting, baking, gardening, colour, inspiration, books, paintings and films (in fact, all the good things in domestic life). I am now blogging at the new jane brocket blog at www.yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket
I live with my husband Simon and our three children in Berkshire.
My first book The Gentle Art of Domesticity was published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 2007. My second book Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer was published by Hodder & Stoughton in July 2008 and my third book with Hodder Ripping Things to Do was published in July 2009. September 2008 saw the publication in the USA of The Gentle Art of Domesticity by STC Crafts/Melanie Falick Books.
The Gentle Art of Quilt-making was published by Collins & Brown in Spring 2010. It is also published in the US by C&T Publishing (http://www.ctpub.com), in Australia by Penguin, and in a Dutch language edition by Veltman Uitgevers BV.
I am also the creator of the yarnstorm blog. I set up yarnstorm in February 2005 in order to write about knitting but the subject matter soon expanded to include quilting, baking, gardening, colour, inspiration, books, paintings and films (in fact, all the good things in domestic life). I am now blogging at the new jane brocket blog at www.yarnstorm.blogs.com/jane_brocket
I live with my husband Simon and our three children in Berkshire.
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August 28, 2018
I really enjoyed the descriptions that went with each color. Example:
"Green is crisp and lively. Lime frosting, mint-green striped socks, emerald lettuces, and jade gardens are fresh and zingy." That's a load of fantastic and potentially new vocab words for tiny humans. Very cool.
"Green is crisp and lively. Lime frosting, mint-green striped socks, emerald lettuces, and jade gardens are fresh and zingy." That's a load of fantastic and potentially new vocab words for tiny humans. Very cool.
October 5, 2017
I really, really liked this book until I got to the color white and it said "white is pure and clean"....there are better ways to describe the color white than saying pure and clean, and I think kids could definitely internalize this when thinking or talking about skin color. I was really surprised that it made it through the editing process with that phrasing intact, and that it was published in the last five years. I may still use it in storytime (with kids who can't read yet) and change up the wording with that color, because it's a great book about colors other than that.
September 26, 2017
Beautiful photography!
November 24, 2011
Colors everywhere. From cupcakes to shoes to flowers to railings and even fudge, each one is a different color. Pastels and metallics and dark shades can be seen in everything around us in every place we look. The world is full of color and sometimes it may be a bit hard to pick only one favorite, but perhaps you don’t have to.
Much like a look-and-find style book, Jane Brocket’s picture book about colors Ruby, Violet, Lime is one that will intrigue young readers while keeping them engaged and learning. Personally, I’m not normally a reader who enjoys only pictures in a picture book or basic-concepts book, but Ruby, Violet, Lime is an exception. Where other books make the pictures seem random and ill chosen Jane Brocket’s book is the the opposite with the pictures having obviously been specifically chosen for each page. Not only have they been carefully collected, but each picture is beautiful and coordinates easily with the text making it enjoyable for everyone reading it.
For Littlebug and myself a weekly or daily read-thru of Ruby, Violet, Lime makes that day that much more interesting. As we head outdoors her eyes begin to search for new colors: golds, plums, aquas and grays. As the narrative begins by teaching about primary colors young readers build a base from which they can add to and grow from. This is certainly a non-fiction children’s book that will have young learners yearning for more opportunities to search out new colors, but also one that parents and librarians/teachers will wholeheartedly approve of. I’d highly recommend it for every home where little kiddos reside!
My original review was posted at There's A Book.
Much like a look-and-find style book, Jane Brocket’s picture book about colors Ruby, Violet, Lime is one that will intrigue young readers while keeping them engaged and learning. Personally, I’m not normally a reader who enjoys only pictures in a picture book or basic-concepts book, but Ruby, Violet, Lime is an exception. Where other books make the pictures seem random and ill chosen Jane Brocket’s book is the the opposite with the pictures having obviously been specifically chosen for each page. Not only have they been carefully collected, but each picture is beautiful and coordinates easily with the text making it enjoyable for everyone reading it.
For Littlebug and myself a weekly or daily read-thru of Ruby, Violet, Lime makes that day that much more interesting. As we head outdoors her eyes begin to search for new colors: golds, plums, aquas and grays. As the narrative begins by teaching about primary colors young readers build a base from which they can add to and grow from. This is certainly a non-fiction children’s book that will have young learners yearning for more opportunities to search out new colors, but also one that parents and librarians/teachers will wholeheartedly approve of. I’d highly recommend it for every home where little kiddos reside!
My original review was posted at There's A Book.
November 18, 2011
Jane Brocket is the popular author of the Yarnstorm blog. She first came to my attention years ago since she often blogged about crafty things and her posts were illustrated with bright, colorful images that she takes herself. Over the years, Brocket has penned several books, including the gorgeous and inspiring The Gentle Art of Domesticity. Seriously, if you have a creative friend who loves beautiful things then her book is a must have. Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color is the first in a series of children's picture books focusing on colors, shapes and textures.
I had a great time reading this book. It's a picture book but it's non-traditional one because it's filled with photos instead of illustrations. Brocket's photos are simple, yet full of color and life. Each page has several photos depicting a color as found in world - from painted doors, colorful blooms, luscious fruits and deliciously bright and candy covered cupcakes.
The text is very simple, usually asking the reader to look for a color and describing some of its many hues. The text isn't particularly interesting but it serves its purpose--to engage the reader in searching out the colors in the images and, hopefully, in the outside world as well. I can see this as a fun book for a very young child. I think the different images and bright colors will keep a child's attention as well as an adult reader. Overall a very fun little book.
I had a great time reading this book. It's a picture book but it's non-traditional one because it's filled with photos instead of illustrations. Brocket's photos are simple, yet full of color and life. Each page has several photos depicting a color as found in world - from painted doors, colorful blooms, luscious fruits and deliciously bright and candy covered cupcakes.
The text is very simple, usually asking the reader to look for a color and describing some of its many hues. The text isn't particularly interesting but it serves its purpose--to engage the reader in searching out the colors in the images and, hopefully, in the outside world as well. I can see this as a fun book for a very young child. I think the different images and bright colors will keep a child's attention as well as an adult reader. Overall a very fun little book.
August 11, 2011
Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color by Jane Brocket is a picture book ready for release on September 1 2011, which explores colors in terms that children can easily understand and enjoy. The pictures of objects in the shades mentioned are vibrant and bright. They are cheerful images that are familiar to children of all ages. The objects are things that one might see everyday, although it is not that often that my flowers or cupcakes are quite so vividly colored. The prose that describes to colors and the concepts is well done, flowing and precise. Ideas like primary colors, secondary colors and blending colors are well described and shown in colorful photographs that truly do justice to the various shades described. This collection of images and words inspired my two young children to go on a color hunt in new places. In the yard or on a car ride rather than the living room, where we usually hunt for items by color. Perhaps it can inspire the same interest in a classroom or during a library visit as well as it does in a home. Ruby, Violet, Lime has inspired me to look for Brocket's earlier concept book, Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture?
March 18, 2014
Not a book I'd necessarily suggest for the home shelves, RUBY, VIOLENT, LIME is definitely a book worth checking out of the library, or housing in classroom.
The book is ALL ABOUT COLOR, of course. Brocket uses saturated and bright photographs to introduce color vocabulary and color concepts -- like what primary colors are and how other colors are made of mixtures of red, yellow, blue.
I like that the pictured items are not in the same shade or tone. Brown, for example, is shown by tan cookies, tawny bricks, a terra-cotta pot and chestnut cubes of fudge. And pink is shown as the lightest blush, salmon and in your face bright pink.
If I were to have any qualms it would be how she infers what colors mean to other people. Not everyone views white as pure and clean. Nor black as strong and serious.
But this book is filled with color and textures and things to name and discuss. It could be shared with a toddler or a younger elementary aged child.
The book is ALL ABOUT COLOR, of course. Brocket uses saturated and bright photographs to introduce color vocabulary and color concepts -- like what primary colors are and how other colors are made of mixtures of red, yellow, blue.
I like that the pictured items are not in the same shade or tone. Brown, for example, is shown by tan cookies, tawny bricks, a terra-cotta pot and chestnut cubes of fudge. And pink is shown as the lightest blush, salmon and in your face bright pink.
If I were to have any qualms it would be how she infers what colors mean to other people. Not everyone views white as pure and clean. Nor black as strong and serious.
But this book is filled with color and textures and things to name and discuss. It could be shared with a toddler or a younger elementary aged child.
December 28, 2011
This is a beautiful color book that really takes the time to show and discuss color in an almost matter-of-fact way. The photograph pictures that make up each page are vivid and captivating in their color. This is such a more satisfying book than another color book I discovered this year Except the Color Grey which really didn't make a lot of sense or discuss the colors in as much detail.
This book's narrator does provide their own subjective description of the colors featured; red is "bright and bold", green is "crisp and lively", etc. It doesn't make this a bad book to read with a child, but parents and children may have their own descriptions or associations with color that differ from the text.
Can't wait to share this one with my son!
This book's narrator does provide their own subjective description of the colors featured; red is "bright and bold", green is "crisp and lively", etc. It doesn't make this a bad book to read with a child, but parents and children may have their own descriptions or associations with color that differ from the text.
Can't wait to share this one with my son!
December 18, 2011
I was attracted to the book by the cover and the lovely colors on it. I think kids will be too. A wonderful book that explores colors through photos of real life objects. The photographs are amazing! Best for primary kids, this is going in my collection for use in kindergarten as a concept book, first grade as a tool to work on secondary colors, and second grade as a book they can read themselves. The photos are so bright and cheery.
I can even see older kids using this book to use as a sample and then going off to create their own version. Pair with Stephen Johnson's book Alphabet City. Alphabet City
I can even see older kids using this book to use as a sample and then going off to create their own version. Pair with Stephen Johnson's book Alphabet City. Alphabet City
September 7, 2011
I adore the beautiful, vivid, bright pictures in Jane Brocket's newest book Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color.
This book would make a great read aloud for preschool children and would help teach the concepts of the color wheel to elementary aged children. Primary colors, secondary colors, black, white, brown, gray, pink, silver and gold are all featured with amazing color photographs.
This book would make a great read aloud for preschool children and would help teach the concepts of the color wheel to elementary aged children. Primary colors, secondary colors, black, white, brown, gray, pink, silver and gold are all featured with amazing color photographs.
September 19, 2011
The BEST book about colors that I've ever read! The author does a great job of photographing all of the colors in nature and using different names in text to refer to each color and she manages to convey each color's emotion. So great!
October 27, 2011
Describes the concept of colors - primary, secondary, and color mixing. Brocket uses a variety of words to describe each color. Great for enhancing vocabulary!
The photography and choices of images are stunning.
The photography and choices of images are stunning.
August 9, 2011
I loved the super bright colors, the descriptive text, and that the book provided good information. This is a really fun color concept book.
November 20, 2011
One of the best color-concept books I've come across in a long time! Great use of rare vocabulary words and gorgeous photographs.
March 15, 2012
Wonderful book about colors -- gorgeous pictures and the descriptions of the colors are amazing and appropriate. Loved it.
October 3, 2012
Bold vibrant colors on every page. they even include silver and gold.
October 25, 2012
Great book with lots of pictures and information about colors and how they make you feel! Used for preschool lesson on colors.
July 5, 2017
Color being a lower level concept (kindergarten), I'm not sure who the audience is for this book because the vocabulary is so high. Beautiful illustrations
October 1, 2014
Good non-fictiony color read. Great use of different color words, excellent pictures, and use of terms like primary and secondary colors.
December 26, 2014
I really liked this book. The explanation of color is great. I love the pictures and texture. They look almost good enough to eat!!
April 9, 2015
Beautiful photographs, the text is fine.
August 26, 2016
Beautiful photos
Colors
Colors
February 5, 2015
What a fun book describing colors with real pictures!
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