By Ross Collins (author) , Ross Collins (illustrator)
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Two children, Emmy and Jeff, escort readers into a world of colours in Ross Collins’ new picture book. Each spread is given over to one colour, from yellow, which brightens the day, through blue, which cools things down, to green which grows and grows, until they are all there and it’s just ‘Too much!’ say Jeff and Emmy.
The text is admirably short but the pictures are full of life and action, thanks to the interaction between the children and the colours, which all have their own personality. Specially designed for readers – child or adult – with dyslexia, this is easy to read but bursting with ideas. ~ Andrea Reece
Emmy and Jeff live in a black and white world. But suddenly, the week has started with a splash of yellow and each new day brings a new colour into Emmy and Jeff's lives. Join them as they explore all the colours in the rainbow!
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An appealing and evocative introduction to colour for young children. Part of Barrington Stoke's picture book range for all the family, with easy-read font.
Ross Collins' primary 1 teacher, Mrs Spears, told his parents that he should go to art school. 13 years went by until he was finally 'old enough' to get into the Glasgow School of Art. Can you believe that? – 13 years. On graduating he won the Macmillan Prize for his first picture book. Since then he's illustrated over 100 books for children and written a few of them too. Several of them have won enormous glittering awards which he keeps in a box in Latvia. Ross' book The Elephantom was recently adapted into a critically acclaimed play by those clever people at the National Theatre who made that 'War Horse' thing. When he's not creating children's books he enjoys working on character development for animation studios like Laika and Disney. He also likes walking in the Scottish glens with his dog Hugo, who is an idiot and his partner Jacqui, who is not.
Photo credit, Chris Close.
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Emmy and Jeff live in a black and white world. But suddenly, the week has started with a splash of yellow and each new day brings a new colour into Emmy and Jeff's lives.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Colour My Days and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Colour My Days features in the following genres: Art and Design, Educational: Arts, general, Educational material, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, First Concepts, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Featured Books for 3+ readers
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Colour My Days was written by Ross Collins and published by Barrington Stoke Ltd
Colour My Days has 32 pages
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