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Clever cutouts in the pages make a simple, original, and utterly beguiling introduction to color.

Laura Vaccaro Seeger, whose The Hidden Alphabet dazzled critics and readers alike, introduces young children to color in this unique concept book with die cuts. The opening spread features a big, bright red lemon and the simple text, "Lemons are not RED."

When the spread is turned an equally bright yellow lemon appears ("Lemons are YELLOW") across from a luscious red apple ("Apples are RED").

And so it goes, from carrots that are not purple through reindeer that are not white, et al. The book ends with "The moon is not BLACK / The moon is SILVER / The night is BLACK / Good night! And the reader sees a tranquil night landscape and a house with the lights turned out.


透過內頁絕妙圖片剪裁，本書帶給讀者簡單原創又吸睛十足的顏色簡介。

作者蘿拉‧希格（Laura Vaccaro Seeger）先前獲獎作品《躲貓貓字母書》深獲書評及讀者喜愛，這次藉由此獨特圖片剪裁概念書，帶領小朋友進入顏色的世界。書的封面是一粒紅色大檸檬和一句簡單易懂的「檸檬不是紅色的」。

翻頁之後，印入眼簾的是一粒相同大小的黃色檸檬（檸檬是黃色的喔！），另一邊則是一顆可口的紅蘋果（蘋果是「紅色」的喔！）

接著依序介紹胡蘿蔔不是紫色的、麋鹿不是白色的……最後一頁上頭寫著：「月亮不是黑色的，月亮是銀色的，黑夜才是黑色的，晚安囉！」圖片呈現出夜深人靜、一片漆黑的靜謐景象。


【適讀程度】
 Age Range: 4 - 8 years