Why Is Blue Dog Blue? A Tale of Colors

Rodrigue, George

ISBN 10: 1584791624 / ISBN 13: 9781584791621

Published by Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, New York, New York, U.S.A., 1999

About this Item

The creator of the wildly popular icon, Blue Dog, tells you the back story of how the beloved canine originated in his native Louisiana's Cajun legends, its evolution, & how it chronicles the artist's spiritual evolution. Unpaginated, with 60+ new, never-before-seen Blue Dog paintings. In 143 numbered pages + a few more at end. Foreword by newsman Tom Brokaw, a big fan! A FIRST EDITION, First Printing from 2001, this large hardcover (9.25" x 10.25") has brightly colored decorative paper over boards. Condition is Near Fine: just a tad less crisp than Brand New! Completely clean, binding is strong & straight, pages white & unmarked, colors bright. Slightly bumped corners. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2pm weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends, & holidays ship very next business day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Is Blue Dog Blue? A Tale of Colors
• Publisher: Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1584791624
• ISBN 13: 9781584791621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Illustrated Books/Illustrators
  • Art-Artists
  • Animals-Birds-Horses-Pets

About this title

Synopsis

Why Is Blue Dog Blue? is the perfect picture book for animal-loving children to learn their colors!

Blue Dog’s creator, George Rodrigue, combines playful puns with new whimsical Blue Dog silkscreens to help readers learn all about colors and the reasoning behind art.

From basic primary and secondary to the exotic ones most color primers ignore, this book is a fun-filled demonstration of how artists use color to enrich their art.

Children and adults alike will be surprised by this imaginative and expansive explanation of Blue Dog’s color. And by the end of the book, they will see that the artist’s reasoning is both logical and magical: Blue Dog simply had to be blue.

About the Author

George Rodrigue is the creator of Blue Dog, now an international pop icon. He maintains two galleries, one in New Orleans, Louisiana, and one in Carmel, California. For many years, the artist has visited with school groups across the United States. His website spotlights the artistic talents of kids.

 

Bruce Goldstone is a children’s book author and coauthor, with Marcel Marceau, of Bip in a Book (Abrams). He lives in New York City surrounded by his multicolored menagerie: lime-green and yellow parakeet feathers, black and brown dog fur, and white and orange cat hair.