Green

Laura Seeger's award-winning picture book Green is a fabulous sensory concept book that asks the question, "How many kinds of green are there?" Green showcases the homage of a single color in all of its multidimensional beauty, from the sea green of a turtle to the "slow-green" of an inchworm. This is a high-quality story that allows the reader to take a deeper look at the transformative powers of something as simple as color. My initial impression of this book was, "Wow!", due to the stellar and seamless illustrations accompanied with subtle cutouts on each page. There are hidden words in the pictures which make the book exciting and unique, and the author displays a wide variety of green and non-green things and places.

Green would be a great tool to use in Pre-K-3rd grade classrooms to ignite a curiosity to observe and explore the world around you. Students can create their own books using a different color for inspiration that showcases objects and places of all colors; a fun accompaniment would be to go on a scavenger hunt outside to find colorful examples. This is also a great book for studying adjectives and learning about all the different ways "green" can be "green". This book can help young students build a stronger vocabulary by examining all the ways can we describe the color green, or any color in the spectrum!

Seeger, L. (2012). Green. New York: Roaring Book Press.