Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors
As with their earlier Round Is a Mooncake (Chronicle, 2000), Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin have teamed to create a bicultural concept book -- this one about color. The young child narrator finds examples of things that are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and brown in objects unique to her Chinese heritage, as well as in items that all children will know. ("Red are melons / cool and sweet / Red are lychees / a summer treat") Lin's bright gouache illustrations provide the backdrop for Thong's rhyming text, and a glossary provides definitions of those things that are distinctly Chinese in the narrative. categories: Concept Books; Contemporary People, Places, and Events. ©2001 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Grace Lin
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 3-5
Age Range:
Babies/Toddlers (birth – 3)
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Chinese and Chinese Americans
Colors (Concept)
Stories in Rhyme
Diversity subject:
Asian
Publisher:
Chronicle
Publish Year: 2001
Pages: 32
ISBN: 0811831779
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Thong