Genre: Picture Book
Publisher: TCP Press
Copyright Date: October 31, 2004
Number of Pages: 40
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Summary: This book is about a person's lifetime. It is written so that the reader can place him or herself into the the shoes of the narrator and relate to the story being told. It goes through each stage of life of a person and relates that stage with a color. It starts off with the narrator as a baby. As a baby your favorite color is yellow. Then it moves onto when you are a toddler and your favorite color is red: there is a whole world to explore. Next is when you are in you elementary school years and your favorite colors are those of the rainbow: There is a whole world to imagine. Then you become a teenager and your favorite color is blue because "everyone likes blue," there is a whole world to figure out. Next you are grown up and your favorite colors are black and white because it is easy to tell between yes and no: there's a whole world to conquer. Then it goes through pages of great men and women, great ideas, and great hopes and joys... Then the narrator (or the reader) comes to a point in their life that I would call a mid-life crisis. The color of your life becomes gray, and you don't like gray... People all around you are trying to squash your dreams and all you want to do is cover your head. But through the gray comes the moment when you realize that life isn't about covering your head against the bad. It's about taking the good with the bad. Once the narrator gets through that part, they are older and stronger, and their favorite color is green the color of Go and Grow. Dreams are like seeds. they need nourishment and sometimes, "a gray day gives them just the rain they need." Last the narrator is very old... and their favorite color is yellow again: the color of the stars. The whole message of the story is to be a dreamer. Dream as many dreams as possible and know that even if you don't reach all of your dreams... at least you dreamed in the first place.
That is the basis of the story, but not only is there a story line, but every part of the narrators life is illustrated by a different illustrator. So, as in life, each page looks different. Every page also has a quote by someone famous. Which makes it even more interesting.
Who would benefit from reading this book?/Who would you recommend this book to?
I think anyone and everyone would benefit from this book. The language in it, and the pictures are all so intriguing that I would recommend it to anyone. This is a book that I would keep on my coffee table for people to read when they are in my living room.
What problems/conflicts would this book potentially cause?
I don't see any problems with it.
My reaction:
I LOVE THIS BOOK! It probably is my favorite children's book (so far). Every time I read it I can place myself into it and actually be the narrator. The illustrations are all so unique and amazing that you could spend an hour talking about each one of them.
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