Green

Children's Literature

This book is part of the "Colors in Nature" series that teaches children how to recognize certain colors as they are found in the environment. This particular edition is filled with photographs of green insects, green reptiles, green vegetation. Appropriately enough, all the images are bursting with color. The text is in large print, everything is straightforward and easy for young children to read. Parents will probably find this book to be useful if they are trying to teach their children to identify the color green and associate it with things they see in the nature. The series is also a good introduction to the environment because the author seeks to familiarize children with the various green creatures and plants in nature and convey a few facts about them in the process. There is a glossary in the back for vocabulary words. There is a final page that also teaches children about how colors found in nature are not static but tend to change. 2004, Raintree/Reed Elsevier, Ages 2 to 4.
—Rihoko Ueno