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These Colors Are Bananas

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These Colors Are Bananas 
Jason Fulford & Tamera Shopsin
Phaidon, 2018. Board Book.

The idea of this book is pretty simple. Apples, bananas, grass, and so many other things aren’t just the color you usually think they are. Apples aren’t always red—sometimes they are green or pink or yellow. Bananas aren’t always yellow—sometimes they are green or brown. With a few words (after the initial explanation that things aren’t always the same colors) the book has some color blocks that show all the various colors that roses or ice could be. The book is simple enough for babies and toddlers to understand—with the added bonus that at the end it talks about how there are many different colors of hands (or skin). Plus on the very last page there is a square cut out so that the toddler can put their hand behind the page to show that their hand is one of the options of the possible colors. This is a good solid choice for babies learning colors and parents who want a feel-good ending to a book.
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