Thierry Laval

Laval, T. (2011). Colors. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. (Original work published 2009).
Ages: 2 to 4 years old
A series of associations helps children relate colors to elements in their life. The die-cut pictures show an image that goes with a color: yellow like the moon; red like a ladybug. A closer look reveals something hiding behind each panel, and children pull up the flap to reveal a surprise—another image to associate with the color.
Colors teaches children how to recognize colors by connecting them to concrete, familiar elements in a child’s life. The little text on the page presents the names of the colors in capital letters, making it easy for children to remember the words that go with the colors. The twist in this color book is that for every image that children see, there is another, bigger image hiding under the panels. Children can experience the book kinesthetically as they pull the panels to uncover a colorful surprise. No plot, character, setting, or theme; here, the whole focus is on the colors.… (meer)