Books like They Say Blue
By Jillian Tamaki
For the kid who stops mid-walk to announce that the sky isn't really blue, this book takes that noticing seriously instead of correcting it. Quiet, contemplative, and dreamy, with a loose sense of time drifting between seasons.
A young boy sets off on a moonlit walk armed with only an oversize purple crayon, drawing his own path through woods, seas, and dragons before finding his way safely back to bed.
A rhyming picture book moves through the many shades of green — forest green, lime green, firefly green, sea green — using die-cut pages that turn one green into another before your eyes.
Two curious siblings hop a rock wall into the desert beyond, climbing nopal trees, examining empty turtle shells, and imagining the sun's power inside them until their mom's whistle calls them home.
A collection of poems imagines a curious inn run by poet William Blake, where dragons, angels, and a Man in the Moon all check in for the night.
A year moves through spring, summer, autumn, and winter as each season is felt through its colors — red singing from treetops, blue dancing on summer lakes, green waiting quietly in winter trees.
A rhymed journey traces unicorns from sun-dappled glades through the rise of knights, trains, and smog, asking again and again where these mystical creatures could have gone to hide.
A young man buys a violin for one silver piece, and the moment he plays it, fish take to the air, cows start dancing, and apple trees sprout cake and ice cream.
A boy who lives by the sea builds his own ship to sail out and find the magical place his late grandfather always spoke of, where the ocean meets the sky.
A little girl with a boundless imagination becomes a mermaid, a wolf-raised boy, a wonderland wanderer, and more, turning cushions into castles and boxes into boats.
A young Chinese American girl notices color everywhere in her everyday world, from red dragons and firecrackers to lychees, and brown in her own teddy bear.
A child looks closely at a single flower, using every sense to explore its color, its scent, its texture — and discovers a whole universe unfolding from one small bloom.
When the first snowflakes fall, grown-ups like the postman, the farmer, and the policeman's wife hurry to prepare, while the children run outside to catch lacy snowflakes on their tongues.
