Birds of a Color

by élo, élo (Illustrator)

Overview

Brightly hued secrets burst forth from a flock of black-and-white birds in this lift-the-flap look at colors.

Birds with black-and-white plumage fill the pages of this interactive board book, but a closer look reveals splashes of color just waiting to be discovered. Each clever spread holds a vivid surprise, helping little ones learn their colors in style.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536200638
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	05/08/2018
Pages:	20
Sales rank:	1,109,077
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Élo is a French designer, artist, and textile creator. She lives in France.

Editorial Reviews

04/02/2018
French designer and textile artist Élo presents a playful gallery of 10 birds, each one dramatically presented on a separate spread. The birds, which range from somewhat silly looking to all-out outlandish, are rendered in black-and-white and set against jewel-toned backgrounds. Each avian subject has hidden spots of color concealed behind flaps that are well integrated into their wings, feathers, and beaks. The underside of a hen’s wing shows the color—and word—yellow, along with a yellow chick. A speckled bird with curvy tail feathers has a bold, blue eye. Another bird wears its flecked wing-like a cape, with a salmon shade of red on the interior. Élo’s artful and eye-catching compositions offer a sophisticated take on the color primer. Ages 2–5. (May)

Publishers Weekly

The appealingly small trim size is ideal for little hands to hold independently, and a solid cardboard cover with rounded and reinforced edges will increase its longevity. This well-executed concept book with chic illustrations is feathery fun.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

From the Publisher

★ 2018-01-22
A lift-the-flap book featuring eye-catching birds with plenty of personality deftly introduces colors to young bird-watchers. As much a work of graphic design as illustration, this French import features rounded, stylized avian friends. The birds' dramatic black-and-white patterns stand out prominently against wide expanses of candy-colored backgrounds. Interactive flaps are incorporated into the bird shapes, and each wing, tail, or head flap reveals a high-contrast color and corresponding label. These little birdies sport plumage in 11 distinct hues. Élo ensures that each page feels fresh with charming and sometimes-humorous surprises such as a little yellow chick hiding under a mother hen or an enormous wing draped over an unexpectedly tiny bird. Other, livelier flips animate the story, as readers flap the duck's wing or open an eye to wake a sleeping bird. A speckled owl playing peekaboo is an especially pleasing conclusion. Though its pieces are glued down tightly and should endure exuberant handling, some of the smaller ones can be hard to grip and crease a little too easily. The appealingly small trim size is ideal for little hands to hold independently, and a solid cardboard cover with rounded and reinforced edges will increase its longevity.This well-executed concept book with chic illustrations is feathery fun. (Board book. 18 mos.-3)

Kirkus Reviews