The Black Book of Colours

By Menena Cottin

Illustrated by Rosana Faria

A stunning and unforgettable black book ... about colour.

Our eyes tell us about colour. But what if you are blind? Can you still know colours? Using simple language and beautiful textured art, this book shows you how to "see" without your eyes. The pages are black, but using your imagination and your senses you can hear, smell, touch and taste colours! Red is sour like unripe strawberries and sweet as watermelon. Yellow tastes like mustard, but is as soft as a baby chick's feathers. Blue is the colour of the sky when kites are flying. From out of the blackness, a beautiful rainbow of colours emerges!

Categories: Picture Books

For readers aged: 3+

  • Publication details:
  • Format: Hardback
  • ISBN: 9781406322187
  • Published: 01 Mar 2010
  • Price: £11.99
  •  
  • Size: 170 x 280 mm
  • Pages: 24

More to explore...

  • The-Black-Book-of-Colours

More books for age 3+

  • Guess-How-Much-I-Love-You

Customer reviews

Reviews

'Breathtaking in simplicity, bold in impact' Washington Post

'Fascinating, challenging and lovely' Kirkus Reviews

'The pages are black, but the readers' imagination and senses are sparked to allow them to experience a rainbow of colours' Manchester Evening News

'Completely different to all the other picture-books...innovative.' INIS

Write your own review

By submitting a review you grant us the right to display and use it in any way; please read our General Legal Notices for full details. If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf.

Hardback
£11.99

Also available in:

This title isn't currently available in any other formats