I Like Colours

by Barbara Jean Hicks

A vibrantly illustrated mixture of colorful animals, bugs, plants and people are woven together with shapes, patterns and rhyming text in this captivating unique concept book. The colorful illustrations set on a black background spring from the pages and the rhyming text will keep the pages turning over and over again!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Animals, Childrens

Paperback

About the author

Acclaimed children's book author Barbara Jean Hicks offers visiting author programs and workshops for aspiring writers of all ages. With a flair for the dramatic, Barbara engages, entertains, educates and inspires her audiences. She has taught at the preschool, middle school and community college levels and most recently worked in an elementary school as author-in-residence, program facilitator and parent educator. She has also written marketing copy and edited manuscripts for numerous trade publishers. Her picture books include the award-winning Jitterbug Jam: A Monster Tale and The Secret Life of Walter Kitty. Barbara lives in Oxnard, California.

Reviews

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a unique book. If it wasn't for the title, you'd never know it was about colors! The pages are filled with brightly colored animals surrounded by a black background...perfect for me, since I was doing DIY scratch-off paper, and this is very reminiscent. I enjoyed the way the animals were described in every way EXCEPT by their color. Very creative! It's a two-second book, but a fun one nonetheless.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary (CIP): A vibrantly illustrated mixture of colorful animals, bugs, plants and people are woven together with shapes, patterns and rhyming text in this captivating unique concept book.

REVIEW: The art is predominant in this concept book which uses black background paper to contrast with brilliant oil pastels. The saturated, high contrast colors are a nice change from pastels or white backgrounds. Paired animals illustrate the concepts of opposites quick-slow), rhyming (wacky-quacky), and colorful patterns (striped-spotted). The relationship of one pair eluded me though; is alliteration the point of “fuzzy-friendly”?

The only review I found was for a wrong book by the same illustrator???

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

The title of this book can be misleading; it does not identify colors although an adult reader can point and name colors from the bold and simple illustrations of animals and insects. The text contains words that are "opposites" such as "quick and slow."

[Taylor Troncin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was read for Wesley’s summer reading club. Wesley is my (soon to be five year old) son. This review is what we used for his reading club.
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My mom and Wesley read books last night. This book really helped Wesley with his opposites.

[Benjamin Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

despite the title, there are no color words used in the book. Many other concepts are touched upon with the simple text, but the colors themselves are only brought out through the vibrancy of the illustrations.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Drab

[Sharonta Johnson]

This is a great book to use to point out the different colors and ask for students response to do an informal assessment on colors.

[Jasmin Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book as well. It is colorful and a great book to teach children about different colors.

[Erma Talamante · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bright and colorful, contrasting with the dark background of the pages, this book captured color easily and brilliantly. Plenty of animals and insects to encourage talking and pointing.

[Michelle Farella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun concept book

[Savannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked the vibrant illustrations and so did my two year old!