A young frog is going to visit his grandmother and packs his bag with everything he will need.

"Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait-how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream"--

Illustrations and text celebrate the colors brown and black, demonstrating the many positive assocations with these two colors.

Pinkalicious tries to convince her family to put up a pink Christmas tree, although her parents aren't sure what Santa Claus' reaction will be.

Using die-cut pages the story explores the shapes and colors of an apple tree through the passing of the seasons.

"A winter's day is transformed from bleak to beautiful by warm friendship and a new perspective in a gentle story that encourages the appreciation and celebration of cozy pleasures and quiet joys"--

Rhyming text introduces a variety of foods and colors.

Sylvie the cat persuades her boy to go into the darkness very late at night, where they are greeted by the shadows of roses and other flowers, and by nocturnal animals who whisper, "it's almost here."

Brief text and illustrations trace the journey of a colorful train as it goes through tunnels, by cities, and over trestles.

Duck and Cluck learn important lessons about manners and listening when they each make their case for why a dull, drab page should be a certain color.