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Raindrops: A Shower of Colors
Look—a rainbow of colors is showering down on the animals! This very simple, beautiful, and innovative concept book shows children how primary colors magically blend to create secondary ones. Die-cut raindrops with a see-through shaded acetate appear throughout; when the acetates are layered on top of each other, a new color emerges! So it’s easy to see—and understand—how blue and red make purple; red and yellow make orange; blue and yellow make green . . . . and how, all together, they create a gorgeous rainbow! The delightful art showcases a cute and cuddly-looking group of animals trying to escape the rain—and each one has an adorable accessory, be it a pinwheel, fancy hat, or bright umbrella.
12 pages, Board Book
First published January 1, 2010
10 people want to read
About the author
Chieu Anh Urban
11 books59 followersChiêu Anh Urban is an author/illustrator, graphic designer and award-winning book designer. She specializes in developing interactive, playful books that provide fun learning and exploration for the youngest readers.
Chiêu’s novelty titles include 123 ZOOM and ABC ROAR (2022) with Little Simon/S&S, and board book series ILLUSIONS IN ART (2023) with Candlewick Press. She is the creator of Color Wonder Hooray for Spring!, Color Wonder Winter is Here!, Quiet as a Mouse: And Other Animal Idioms, Away We Go! and Raindrops.
Chiêu holds a BFA in Communications Art and Design from VCU School of Arts. Visit her website at ChieuUrban.com for story time activities and coloring pages.
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Chiêu’s novelty titles include 123 ZOOM and ABC ROAR (2022) with Little Simon/S&S, and board book series ILLUSIONS IN ART (2023) with Candlewick Press. She is the creator of Color Wonder Hooray for Spring!, Color Wonder Winter is Here!, Quiet as a Mouse: And Other Animal Idioms, Away We Go! and Raindrops.
Chiêu holds a BFA in Communications Art and Design from VCU School of Arts. Visit her website at ChieuUrban.com for story time activities and coloring pages.
Connect with me:
https://www.facebook.com/chieuurban
https://twitter.com/ChieuAnhUrban
https://www.instagram.com/chieu.anh.u...
http://www.chieuurban.blogspot.com
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February 17, 2010
Spring is just around the corner and for young ones who are just beginning to learn their colors, Raindrops: A Shower of Colors is an excellent board book to teach them about animals and the various hues of the rainbow.
More and more I judge toddler books primarily by their illustrations. When my daughters were quite young their little eyes feverishly gazed across the pages of vibrantly-colored books. And while their young ears heard the stories the illustrations really told the story. That said, the illustrations in Raindrops paints the entire story beautifully and the wording is ideal for young children whose brains are constantly learning new things.
What I love most about Raindrops is each page has a see-through raindrop of its respective color.
Why I love this book: Raindrops: A Shower of Colors is a perfect book for young children to read alone when they're sitting on the floor using their tiny fingers to explore their piles and piles of board books. The illustrations in Raindrops are vibrant enough to capture and keep your child's attention and the story is simple enough to teach them new insects, animals and colors without overwhelming them or taking away from their favorite things: pictures!
More and more I judge toddler books primarily by their illustrations. When my daughters were quite young their little eyes feverishly gazed across the pages of vibrantly-colored books. And while their young ears heard the stories the illustrations really told the story. That said, the illustrations in Raindrops paints the entire story beautifully and the wording is ideal for young children whose brains are constantly learning new things.
What I love most about Raindrops is each page has a see-through raindrop of its respective color.
Why I love this book: Raindrops: A Shower of Colors is a perfect book for young children to read alone when they're sitting on the floor using their tiny fingers to explore their piles and piles of board books. The illustrations in Raindrops are vibrant enough to capture and keep your child's attention and the story is simple enough to teach them new insects, animals and colors without overwhelming them or taking away from their favorite things: pictures!
November 22, 2013
Raindrops A Shower of Colors by Chieu Ann Urban and illustrated by Vivian Garofoli is intended for young children learning colors. I love the playful animals that are dodging from the raindrops. The picture book has a rain drop shaped cut out of what the color of the animals is, but what is really nice is how they have the primary colors blend together and make a secondary color on the next page. For example,"Red Robin" and "Yellow Yak" and you flip the page it is an "Orange Octopus". Also with the examples you can see they use alliterations throughout the text. After they dodge the raindrops they make it to the rainbow of all the colors you visited!
May 13, 2010
Interesting color windows.
June 28, 2010
An alright new board book I found today at the library. I thought Charlie would be more into it than he was though.
February 2, 2011
Raindrops is a cute book about learning your colors, animals, and rain! Very few words, each page just contains the animal, and its color.
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