Product Description

Inventive first concept books for babies and toddlers who are just discovering the world around them — in all its color and contrast!


What color are strawberries? Bananas? Grapes? Flip the pages to find out! What happens when you mix these and other wonderful colors together? Peek in the bowl on the last spread for a tasty surprise.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #484731 in Books
• Published on: 2001-06-01
• Released on: 2001-06-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 6.33" h x .39" w x 6.17" l, .23 pounds
• Binding: Board book
• 14 pages

From Amazon.com
There's nothing like the deep, ruby red of strawberries, glistening orange of oranges, dusky blue of blueberries, and sunny yellow of bananas. In this tasty treat, Petr Horacek celebrates the lovely natural hues of six different fruits. Each right-side page, outlined in the shape of a mound of fruit, decreases in width, creating ever-growing layers of fruit on the left side, until the final page, which brings a delicious surprise. Children will delight in identifying their favorite sweet (or tart) foods while learning their colors. Very simple text ("Strawberries are red, Apples are green, Grapes are purple," etc.) allows early "readers" to follow right along as they look at the watercolor-and-crayon illustrations. And why not round out the color spectrum with Horacek's companion volume, What Is Black and White? (Ages 2 to 5) --Emilie Coulter

From School Library Journal
reS-In Strawberries, listeners are introduced to various fruits on double-page spreads that feature boldly hued watercolor-and-crayon artwork. "Strawberries are red./Oranges are orange." However, "Apples are green" may give some youngsters pause, as may "Grapes are purple." The final spread has a die-cut opening showing all of the fruits with the caption: "Look at all the colors in my fruit salad!" Similarly, in Black and White, listeners are told "The night is black./The snow is white." The pages become progressively smaller; on the final spread, the text reads: "The zebra is black and white" and the truncated edges form its stripes. The uncomplicated illustrations use bright energetic colors. Suitable choices for lap sharing and toddler programs.

Olga R. Kuharets, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, NC

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About the Author
Petr Horacek, a young Czech illustrator and painter, makes his publishing debut with STRAWBERRIES ARE RED and WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE?. Working in a mixture of media, he loves to explore the bookmaking process with a style that is baoth bold and naïve, and full of startling color. Petr Horacek trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and then worked as a graphic designer before moving to England, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.