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Blue

The Many Ways I Feel
By Nancy Johnson James
Series: The Colors of My Life
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Blue by Nancy Johnson James is a vibrant children's book that explores the deep connections between colours and emotions. Through charming illustrations and rhythmic text, the story invites young readers to experience the calming and imaginative aspects of the colour blue. It beautifully portrays how this hue can be found in various elements of nature and daily life, creating an engaging, sensory-rich experience for children.
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A child describes all the beautiful shades of blue they feel, from a pale winter sky to a bright ocean wave, and discovers that one has the power to change one's many blues into a song or a poem, blue into gold.

An emotional ode to the color blue—and the blues—from the creators of Brown: The Many Shades of Love and Black: The Many Wonders of My World

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Full of feeling and wonder, a child describes all the beautiful shades of blue they feel—from a pale winter sky to a bright ocean wave, from deep twilight to the musical blues—and discovers that one has the power to change one’s many blues into a song or a poem, blue into gold.

Series: The Colors of My Life

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  • Blue
    Full of feeling and wonder, a child describes all the beautiful shades of blue they feel—from a pale winter sky to a bright ocean wave, from deep twilight to the musical blues—and discovers that one has the power to change one’s many blues into a song or a poem, blue into gold.
    By Nancy Johnson James
    Hardback
    $3500
    Available
    Ships in 4-6 weeks

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781951836887

Publisher: Cameron & Company Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Cameron & Company Inc

Illustration: Full-color illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 191.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Nancy Johnson James Series: The Colors of My Life Young Adult

About the Author

Nancy Johnson James is a writer and educator based in Jessup, Maryland. She is the author of Brown: The Many Shades of Love and Black: The Many Wonders of My World, both illustrated by Constance Moore and published by Cameron Kids.
Constance Moore is an artist and educator based in Oakland, California. She loves teaching elementary school art and shares her students’ love of color.

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