Strawberries Are Red - Hardcover

Horacek, Petr

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763614610 ISBN 13: 9780763614614

Publisher: Candlewick, 2001

Synopsis

Inventive first concept books for babies and toddlers who are just discovering the world around them — in all its color and contrast!

What color are strawberries? Bananas? Grapes? Flip the pages to find out! What happens when you mix these and other wonderful colors together? Peek in the bowl on the last spread for a tasty surprise.

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Review:

There's nothing like the deep, ruby red of strawberries, glistening orange of oranges, dusky blue of blueberries, and sunny yellow of bananas. In this tasty treat, Petr Horacek celebrates the lovely natural hues of six different fruits. Each right-side page, outlined in the shape of a mound of fruit, decreases in width, creating ever-growing layers of fruit on the left side, until the final page, which brings a delicious surprise. Children will delight in identifying their favorite sweet (or tart) foods while learning their colors. Very simple text ("Strawberries are red, Apples are green, Grapes are purple," etc.) allows early "readers" to follow right along as they look at the watercolor-and-crayon illustrations. And why not round out the color spectrum with Horacek's companion volume, What Is Black and White? (Ages 2 to 5) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Petr Horacek, a young Czech illustrator and painter, makes his publishing debut with Strawberries Are Red and What Is Black and White?. Working in a mixture of media, he loves to explore the bookmaking process with a style that is both bold and naïve, and full of startling color. Petr Horacek trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and then worked as a graphic designer before moving to England, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0763614610
• ISBN 13: 9780763614614
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 14
• Illustrator: Horacek Petr