The Color Book - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9383145013 ISBN 13: 9789383145010

Publisher: Tara Books, 2014

Synopsis

In this much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling The Book Book, artist Sophie Benini Pietromarchi takes children into the world of color. Illustrated in remarkable collage artwork and written in an intimate, easy tone, The Color Book is an exciting, thoughtful journey into childhood memories and the feelings that colors can create, as well as an exploration of the practicalities of mixing shades and creating a personal color diary. A wonderful, imaginative resource for children and for artists of all ages, The Color Book is an accessible, adventuresome, empowering approach to artistic expression. This is also a perfect resource for schools, libraries, art camps, after-school programs, and more.

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About the Author

Sophie Benini Pietromarchi is an established author and illustrator of children’s books. Her stories and images have been published in Italy, Switzerland, India, Israel, China, Portugal, Spain, and France. The conductor of workshops throughout Europe that encourage children to explore a wide range of storytelling and illustration techniques, she lives in Rome.

From School Library Journal

Gr 5 Up—This book explores the emotions colors can conjure up and provides several activities with which readers can explore colors in all their glory, including their various shades. Though the author announces at the outset that she "would rather not have written any words at all [because] Color speaks for itself better than words can," she devotes quite a bit of space to doing just that: talking. Younger readers in particular will be put off by the small font and the many pages densely filled with explanatory and descriptive prose. And what odd, meandering, and confusing musings these are, whose true flavor and purpose may have been lost in the translation from the original Italian. The author claims that she will take readers on a "color dance" as she expounds on her theories and proposes ways to investigate and discover colors, moods, and hues. The volume is certainly vibrant, at times appearing like a catalogue of paint swatches, and some activities are interesting, though it's doubtful that many readers will want to engage in them. It's unusual, too, that the author relegates definitions about primary and complementary colors to a section near the back; one would expect such basic ideas to be included at the very beginning of a primer on the subject. All in all, many other titles explore these topics and do so more succinctly and successfully.—Carol Goldman, Queens Library, NY

About this edition

• Publisher: Tara Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9383145013
• ISBN 13: 9789383145010
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 144
• Illustrator: Pietromarchi Sophie Benini