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Color Dance By Ann Jonas

Ages 4-8 years old

Lexile Measure: 250L

Publisher: Freenwillow Books

ISBN-13: 978-0688059903

This book teaches children about colors though a dance theme. It opens with three figures dressed in different colors: red, blue and yellow and each colour is carrying a matching banner and saying, "This is our dance."  The book easily explains how every color comes from these three (primary colours).

My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss
Ages 3+
Lexile Measure: 190L 
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young 
ISBN-13: 978-0679875970

This is a rhyming book that teaches kids about feelings and colors. It emphasises on how colors can help us create and show our different moods.

Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan
Ages 4 - 8 years
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN-13: 978-0688131128

This books gives an introduction to colors, their names, a close-up image of a colorful fruit or vegetable, and an image of the full plant (vine, shrub, tree etc.) that the fruit or vegetable grows on.

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Ages 4 - 8 years
Lexile Measure: 170L 
Publisher: HMH Books for Young ISBN-13: 978-0152626105

This is a story in which a child and mother plant a flower garden with flowers in every color of the rainbow. 
It also helps children understand how to plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings, and nurture their growth. 

Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Ages 2 - 6 years
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN-13: 978-1596433977

This book introduces kids to the variety of shades of green that exist.

It explores rhyming and all the different tones of green there could be, giving children a wide view of a color and developing creativity.