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STEM/STEAM: colors

Children's books all about colors, as recommended by Children's Librarians at Tacoma Public Library.

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10 items

  • Siblings Chintoo and Mintoo collect flowers and press the petals into a fine powder as they prepare for Holi, the Indian springtime Festival of Colors. Includes author's note.
    Book, 2018New York : Beach Lane Books, [2018] — CJ SEHGA-K
  • Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
    Book, 2020New York : Beach Lane Books, [2020] — CJ WHITE-D
  • One winter morning, Otto the cat looks out the window and sighs, "Why is everything so gray today?" Luckily, his friend Leon the chameleon is around to show him just how many colors there are in the world. In these exciting and funny spreads filled…
    Book, 2020Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2020] — CJ SCHAM-T
  • "Helps children consider the colors of their everyday lives . . . and imagine how others around the world experience the very same things"-- Provided by publisher.
    Book, 2020New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2020] — CJ HELAK-L
  • "Harpreet Singh has a different color for every mood and occasion, from pink for dancing to bhangra beats to red for courage. He especially takes care with his patka--his turban--smoothing it out and making sure it always matches his outfit. But…
    Book, 2019New York : Sterling Children's Books, [2019] — CJ KELKA-S
  • A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.
    Book, 2018New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2018. — CJ TAMAK-J
  • "When a little girl has doubts about the color of her skin, her mother shows her all the wonderful, beautiful things brown can be! This message of self-love and acceptance uses rich, dreamy illustrations to celebrate the color using all the senses:…
    Book, 2020New York : Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020] — CJ SHERM-C
  • This vibrant, simple, and highly graphic bilingual book is the perfect introduction to Chinese and English words for colors as it honors one of the biggest holidays around the world.
    Book, 2019New York : Holiday House, [2019] — CJ 394.261 L7805C 2019
  • "A winter's day is transformed from bleak to beautiful by warm friendship and a new perspective in a gentle story that encourages the appreciation and celebration of cozy pleasures and quiet joys"-- Provided by publisher.
    Book, 2019Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — CJ LAMBA-M
  • "Fur flies and feline friendships form as two cats of different colors find that, with a little effort, they can be themselves and make a perfect blend"-- Provided by publisher.
    Book, 2012Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books, 2012. — CJ D