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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A Perfect Red recounts the colorful history of cochineal, a legendary red dye that was once one of the world's most precious commodities. Treasured by the ancient Mexicans, cochineal was sold in the great Aztec marketplaces, where it attracted the attention of the Spanish conquistadors in 1519. Shipped to Europe, the dye created a sensation, producing the brightest, strongest red the world had ever seen. Soon Spain's cochineal monopoly was worth a...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.
Pete se ha comprado unos preciosos zapatos blancos pero en su paseo encuentra diferentes obstáculos que tiñen sus zapatos de muchos colores. Pero él no pierde nunca el buen humor y canta su canción en inglés & siempre.
83) Press here
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Language
English
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Description
Instructs the reader on how to interact with the illustrations to create imaginative images.
85) Green on green
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple, rhyming text highlight the animals, fruits, feelings, and colors that characterize each season of the year.
87) Pinkalicious
Author
Series
Pinkalicious volume 1
Language
English
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A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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Language
English
Description
"A heartrending story about a young mother's fight to keep her daughter and the winds of fortune that tear them apart, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things and The Last Year of the War. California, 1938-When she loses her parents in an accident, sixteen-year-old Rosanne is taken in by the owners of the vineyard where she has lived her whole life as the vinedresser's daughter. She moves into Celine and Truman Calvert's...
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Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Rhyming text and illustrations celebrate being content with the skin in which one lives, whatever that skin might be. With the ease and simplicity of a nursery rhyme, this lively story delivers an important message of social acceptance to young readers. Themes associated with child development and social harmony, such as friendship, acceptance, self-esteem, and diversity are promoted in simple and straightforward prose. Vivid illustrations of children's...
95) Color farm
Author
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
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.
97) Bear sees colors
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Series
Bear books (Karma Wilson) volume 8
Language
English
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While taking a walk with Mouse, Bear meets many other friends and sees colors everywhere.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Catalonia, 15th century. Alamanda, sold as a slave by her own father when she was still just a child, discovers in the library of Sant Benet monastery, between the shelves of for bidden books, the secret of the most wonderful color that humanity has ever been able to create: purple. Symbol of emperors, popes and kings, a thousand times more expensive than gold, purple was the forger of commercial empires in ancient times, but the technique to obtain...
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English
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Holi, Hai! Holi, Hai! It's time to prepare for the Indian springtime Festival of Colors in this delightful Classic Board Book! It's time for the Indian festival of Holi, a celebration of the start of spring, of new beginnings, and of good over evil. Friends, families, and neighbors wear white clothing and toss handfuls of brightly colored powders at one another until they're all completely covered from head to toe! Young readers will love following...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to make your home sing through handmade crafts and a bold use of color. Kristin Nicholas, color expert and all-around master crafter, shares her secrets to selecting colors and patterns and explores the variety of crafts and decorating touches that have made her home so unique.
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