Another Sweet book on basic art education this time we learn about colors and what we can do with different colors. It can be a fantastic book to add to your littles library or gift to an art teacher.

I would have liked this book better if it had a plot, rather than just different haphazard things in usual colors, like green monkeys and a yellow lake. I did like the short part that involved what happens when you mix colors.

I liked the idea behind this book, I liked how it teaches the primary colours and what new colours you can make by mixing them. My daughter was really intrigued and I am sure she will have a go at mixing properly when we next get her paints out – will make a nice change from her generally just making “brown” – it is 4 stars from me for this one – a cute little read

A cute children’s book following the adventures of a dot of color. Colors are cleverly taught in a way that is sure to keep children amused. Read this with my younger cousin and she loved it!

Thanks to the author and publisher for a copy of this book!

This was. a fantastic book about all the things that you can do with color! I would definitely read this to my kindergarten class and know that they would find it engaging, intriguing, and inspiring.

This would be a great book to use in the preschool classroom. Filled with primary colors and how to use them. A great intro to art!

This is a good children's book that shows the different colours and ways in which to mix colours to create new ones. It is a fun book with beautiful illustrations that my daughter and I enjoyed reading. She learned a lot from it. It would be a good book to have in a classroom.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

A book about colours aimed at Preschool to 1st Graders, with each page filled with colourful illustrations which follows a “dot” of colour with arms, legs and eyes – and, oh yes, a brush – as it shows all the things you can do with colour, like changing the colour of clouds to red and then birds, as well. You can change a lake to yellow, and make yellow frogs, as well as turning a tree and a squirrel blue. Mixing blue and yellow to make green sky, or yellow and red to make orange for the now orange forest and an orange fox. Mixing red and blue for purple for a purple rabbit that goes hopping down the purple sidewalk.

Near the end is a ‘chart’ showing the Primary colors, the Secondary colors, and what colors you get when you mix these colors, and which colors are ‘warm’ or ‘cool.’

This is a really clever book to not only entertain younger readers and soon-to-be readers, one that will keep them engaged for the amusing, comical illustrations while they learn more about colors, and even a bit about rainbows!


Pub Date: 27 Oct 2020

Many thanks for the ARC provided by Chouette Publishing / CrackBoom! Books

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This was a quick and colorful read about all the different things you can do with just the primary colors and imagination. This engaging read would be a good way to teach children about art.

I received an electronic ARC from Chouette Publishing through NetGalley.
Yemen takes young readers through all the amazing things you can do with colors. The artwork offers examples of playing with colors beyond the normal options. The story teaches primary and secondary colors as part of drawing and creating their own worlds. Challenges to experiment further are included at the end of the book. Great for preschool and lower elementary level readers.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.

This book reminds me of books by Peter Reynolds. It is fantastic! The book would be a great introduction to colours and colour mixing. I can't wait to buy a physical copy for my classroom.

"What Can You Do With a Color?" was a delight to read! I read it to my 4 year old son and it was a hit. Although he has already mastered all his colors, he thought it was hilarious when the book mentioned changing common things to different colors (ie. a blue squirrel). It encourages imagination which is something that is often forgot about in schools these days! I also liked the extension element of mixing colors. Overall, I think it is a great book and can be tailored to different age groups and for different purposes.

I received an ARC of "What Can You Do With a Color" from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

What Can You Do With a Color? So many things!
This fun and vibrant book shows young readers exactly what they could make and reinforces the idea that their imaginations really are the limit of what is possible.
The unexpected colors are sure to delight young readers, and so this is a great teaching tool for learning colors and other concepts.
Many thanks to Chouette Publishing and NetGalley for the advance copy.

This is such a cute book! I enjoyed reading it and I think that it would be a great addition to my Preschool classroom!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced digital copy of this book!

Thank you to the author and illustrator, the publisher, and NetGalley for granting me access to this book in exchange for an honest review.

I read What Can You Do with a Line? first, and then hopped over to this book, which is clearly meant to be a companion. It's just as cute! This brief story introduces kids to colour theory while telling them about all the whimsical colour choices they could make for their drawings, like yellow lakes and purple cities. I love it, and I can see this being a tiny budding artist's favourite story. I would definitely recommend this book to fellow parents of young kids and to the early grade teachers in my life.

This is a great book to read to younger children. It talks about the different colors and how you can use color to make anything any color - want a yellow lake? You got it. Blue squirrel? Sure. It allows kids to use their imagination to show that just because clouds are usually white or grey... they can make them red if they want!

What's nice is that this book also talks a bit at the end (more in a parent section than within the book) about the different colors - primary colors, secondary colors, etc. Within the book it does mention that if you mix blue and yellow, for example, you'll get green. But at the end it shows the primary and secondary colors. It also shows what happens if you mix a primary color with a secondary color (you get a new color!)

This is a nice book for a toddler or younger child to have, for a caregiver to read to them.

This book is a complete delight. The illustrations are colorful and eye-catching. The story is both an exploration of color and how it can be changed when mixed with other colors, but the phrasing is so funny that it made my 4 1/2-year-old granddaughter laugh many times. As an example “ just think what you can make with them, monkeys floating in a green sky, birds flying through red clouds or frogs jumping into a yellow lake, open your imagination and explore the world of colors“

Some of the combinations are just hilarious. There’s a funny little blue squirrel who lives inside a blue tree, there are green monkeys and an orange fox in an orange forest along with a purple rabbit hopping down a purple sidewalk.

After the story there’s an explanation of secondary colors and primary colors and how they can be mixed together. It even talks about a rainbow and how colors always appear in the same order, it explains about colors that are warm and those that are cool.

I can highly recommend this book for your preschooler’s library. Adults will enjoy reading it and the kids will learn and giggle along with the story.

I received an ARC of this book from the publisher through NetGalley.
The book is set to publish on October 27, 2020

Will post to Amazon upon publication

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a free e-ARC copy to review.

This is a simple, straightforward introduction to colors for young children. It provides details about what happens when you mix colors, and invites children to create their own art at the end.

What Can you Do With a Color by Gülşah Yemen is a very cute and colorful children’s book. The book starts showing different objects that can be a certain color. Some of these are the colors of actual objects and other are silly making objects fun colors. The book then shows primary colors and how to mix colors to make other colors.

The illustrations Çağrı Odabaşı were great and very colorful. Children will enjoy the break illustrations.

Thank you NetGalley and CrackBoom! Books/Chouette Publisting -Caillou for What Can you Do With a Color.

Such a quick and delightful read! It really showed how colors and imagination can go a long way. The colors were vibrant and the illustrations were fun, I believe it would keep any small child engaged.

Thank you NetGalley for this eARC.