Deschutes Public Library

A mouse scrambles through an obstacle course, introducing the reader to simple shapes.

White Rabbit hops from one paint pot to another, changing colors as he goes, until he ends up brown.

A cat describes ten different colors and tells which one is its favorite.

Guests at Little Frog's birthday party include the red fox, the purple butterfly, the orange cat, and other colorful animals. The illustrations are designed to demonstrate the concept of complementary colors.

Creatures present all the colors of the rainbow, identify the primary colors, and illustrate how three colors can make countless others.

In this colorful story of a sloppy dog, you can count on a happy ending.

The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages.

Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another.

A group of children shakes shapes out of a box and discovers the fun of using circles, squares, triangles, semicircles, rectangles, and their imaginations.

On every night of the week, a new color of "kid tea" is created in the bath, depending on the activities of that day.

A collection of simple works which introduce colors, shapes, numbers, animals, food, and nursery rhymes.

Circular shapes are spotted in familiar objects and everyday situations. Buttons are dots. Wheels are dots. Stars are dots. Ladybugs have dots and so do the fried eggs on your plate. Lots of dots!

Illustrations and rhyming text provide a behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo, revealing many sizes, shapes, and colors of animal bottoms.

Looks at the riot of colors that surround us and lets us see them in new ways.

Photographs of all kinds of familiar objects depict a variety of shapes, including cubes, cones, and spheres.

A little girl models hats in a variety of colors, styles, and patterns.

Lucy's garden is full of oclorful creaturs that wriggle and spin, scurry and slither.

Explores the relationships between real-world objects and their colors, illustrating that each color comes in many different shades and that familiar objects sometimes come in unexpected colors, such as green bananas.

Characters from nursery rhymes populate this tale, which highlights the colorful aspects of the familiar poems. Includes a key to the nursery rhymes referenced in the story.

A little chameleon is distressed that he doesn't have his own color like other animals.

This hilarious lift-the-flap features animals and the underwear they wear! This is a fun way to teach colors...and the importance of wearing your drawers!

This engaging concept book invites very young children to identify basic shapes that transform into beautiful undersea creatures. Includes an informative glossary of sea facts.

Turn the die-cut pages to discover colorful shapes, which come together to reveal a creature from long ago.

Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a mother looking at them.

Photographs of green peas, yellow corn, red potatoes, purple beans, and other fruits and vegetables illustrate the many colors of nature.

When Cleo the cat goes out to play, she observes a variety of colors in the things around her.

Some shapes roll . . . some don't. Some shapes stack . . . others won't. Some shapes lie down . . .while others stand tall. Circles, squares, and triangles, even ovals and diamonds, are endlessly and intriguingly entertaining in Steve Wilson's world. Karen Nagel's rhythmic text is brought to life by Wilson's troupe of uniquely-shaped characters.

When substitute principal Mr. Greystone prohibits colors at Hughes Elementary School, it takes a visit from illustrator Maurice Coleur to set things right. Includes information about primary, secondary, and tertiary colors and the color wheel.

Eulah the cat is square and, while she longs to be round like other cats, her friends show her the benefits of the shape that she has.

A simple story highlights such things as a yellow lemon, a pink flamingo, and a silver moon in a visual game in which die-cut shapes fall on the correct color backgrounds.

Encourages the reader to look at objects in nature from another perspective, observing their colors in a new way.

The white shape silhouetted against a blue background changes on every page.Is it a rabbit, a bird, or just spilt milk? Children are kept guessing until the surprise ending -- and will be encouraged to improvise similar games of their own.

Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of the year.

A young bunny goes to sleep and dreams of the soothing colors, shapes, sights, and sounds of nature.

As a little girl discovers things round, square, and rectangular in her urban neighborhood, she is reminded of her Chinese American culture.

Each door is a different color and each door hides a surprise.

Three mice make a variety of things out of different shapes as they hide from a scary cat.

During the course of a walk, a young boy identifies animals of different colors.

Introduces various colors by presenting a colorful scene on a rock in the deep blue sea.