Children’s Books about Colors
Is your child learning about colors? From crayons that quit to white mice and jars of paint, check out these children’s books about colors!
He’ll think this is cheesy, I thought. I had just borrowed Press Here by Herve Tullet from the library and began reading it with my toddler. The book is all about interaction, from shaking the red, yellow, and blue dots off the page to blowing them away.
But I was surprised—not only did he press here and there, he shook and blew those dots away.
Books are like that, which is why I love sharing my favorites with you, including those about colors.
Learning about colors and telling them apart is one of those things kids pick up on their own. I don’t remember when my kids learned them, but I made sure to talk about them often. For instance, I’d say, “Here’s your blue sippy cup” or “Do you like your orange shoes?” Including colors in everyday conversation helped them recognize and identify them.
And as usual, we read children’s books about colors as well. Many are classics that have been around for decades, while others are more recent stories. These are my favorites—I hope you find a few selections to read with your little one:
Children’s books about colors
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The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt
Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr.
Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
White Rabbit’s Colors by Alan Baker
How Do Dinosaurs Learn Their Colors? by Jane Yolen
Mixed: A Colorful Story by Arree Chung
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin
The Color Monster by Anna Llenas
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Pantone Colors by Helen Dardik
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Little Green Peas by Keith Baker
Festival of Colors by Surishtha Sehgal
A Gift for Amma by Meera Sriram
Red Is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong
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