![]() ![]() ![]() Broad swathes of color compose the seasonal palettes, juxtaposed with painstakingly precise designs. Fall strikes a more melancholy tone: "the wind feels black:/ star-spangled,/ full of secrets," as an enormous whale blends into the nightscape. In spring, pink is "hairless,/ featherless,/ the color of/ new/ things," while in summer, the youth finds a companion whose headpiece is a cross between a crown and a cowboy hat (filled with fish, no less), and the two royal personages indulge in popcorn and lemonade on the dock of a bay. An androgynous crowned youth, dressed ornately in triangular apparel, plays host as colors are woven into unrhymed poetry. ![]() A 2010 Caldecott Honor Book "It's wonderfully strange to read of colors with sounds, smells and tastes."-New York Times Book Review "A charming inspiration to notice colors and correlate emotions"-Kirkus Reviews,starred review "This book has a freshness and visual impact all its own, and it will inspire a rainbow of uses."-The Bulletin, starred review "Sustaining the playfulness of the text and its sense of awe, mystery, and beauty, the illustrations contribute gracefully to the celebration."-Horn Book,starred review "As the title implies, the colors that surprise on every page, do sing."-Booklist,starred review, Anthropomorphized colors take charge in this fanciful book in praise of the seasons, from the collaborators behind This Is Just to Say. ![]()
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