Creature Colors

by Andrew Zuckerman (Photographer)

Overview

Learn the rainbow with red snakes, orange fish, and yellow birds. Learn to count as two scorpions fight, four penguins waddle, and nine ants work. Andrew Zuckerman's vivid pictures of fascinating animals from around the world will enthrall young readers and teach basic colors and numbers in a celebration of nature in two books that bring the wildly successful photographer's work to a whole new audience. The up-close and personal photos of everyone's favorite animals make these board books perfect educational tools for any child, and stunning works of art for animal lovers of all ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452137667
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	03/04/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	20
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Andrew Zuckerman is a New York–based photographer and film director. His work has been featured in Communication Arts, Photo District News, and American Photo, and he has been honored as an ADC Young Guns winner. He has published many books with Chronicle Books, including Creature ABC and the bestselling Creature line on the adult side.

Editorial Reviews

02/24/2014
Photographer Zuckerman expands his Creature line (which includes the 2009 picture book Creature ABC) with this board-book introduction to color. Crisp, close-up photos of animals are used to showcase 10 colors; the book opens by highlighting the shocking blue plumage of a parrot and ends with the white of a snowy eagle in flight. All the photographs are set against pure white backgrounds to allow each color to pop. The only downside: while the name of each color appears on each page, none of the animals is identified. Simultaneously available: Creature Numbers. Ages 2–4. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"Elegant and visually enthralling."—School Library Journal

"Elegant and visually enthralling."—School Library Journal

"Elegant and visually enthralling."—School Library Journal

"Little ones are likely to be mesmerized by the animals."—Kirkus Reviews

"Little ones are likely to be mesmerized by the animals."—Kirkus Reviews

"Little ones are likely to be mesmerized by the animals."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2014-03-17
This simple title features two toddler favorites: colors and animals.Each spread features a photograph of a vibrantly colored animal—a blue macaw, pink flamingo, red snake, brown sea horse, black bear, green frog, yellow canary, gray elephant, orange bird and white owl—their bold colors standing out sharply against a plain white background. The only text is the name of each color, printed in a shade that closely matches the featured animal in a clear, lowercase type. Babies and toddlers will enjoy learning to identify colors with the help of these striking animal images. Less successful is another volume in this series called Creature Numbers. This title sets up a familiar pattern, with present participles emphasizing animal antics: "1 kangaroo jumping," "2 tigers playing," "3 chimpanzees running," and so on, until readers arrive at the jarring "6 sheared sheep." The next page takes readers back to the original pattern—sort of: Instead of seeing seven sharks, as might be expected, they'll see just one, with the text reading: "7 fins paddling." Particularly troubling here is the fact that the fins are a bit difficult to identify and count. These flaws notwithstanding, little ones are likely to be mesmerized by the animals, here again in sharp focus against stark white backgrounds.For little animal lovers everywhere. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews