What a fun and colorful story! I loved all the color symbolism used and how it could spark conversation with littles. The colors were vibrant and the illustrations were delightful. This could be a great book for ES to start talking about the deeper meaning of colors.

I found the book to be very cute and liked the illustrations. On page 11 it says “that her face was got red when I was bad,” I’m not certain if that was purposeful but it just sounds odd to me. Ultimately, it’s a good book to read to little ones who are learning metaphors.

Overall, I really enjoyed the illustrations and the connections to colors, but there were some aspects that didn’t work for me. Although I enjoyed the rhyming, some parts felt a bit clunky. I also loved connecting color to emotion, but it then later included race without much diverse representation.

I really liked this one and so did my three year old son. I explained that some colors can help us represent our emotions and he liked the idea of being "blue" though he didn't quite understand that blue isn't always the best color association (haha!).

The artwork was lovely. I thought the book started off strong but some of the cadence felt off so it was clunky to read out loud to my son. I found the arc a bit confusing. I’m not sure how it went from feelings to skin colour? It picked up at the end though. The last words were lovely.

So i really liked the rhyming and the book was really easy to read. I wish the pictures went more with the book though. I felt like they were just broad peoples of people and would not engage kids.

This was a cute kids book that could help a child learn colors for emotional regulation. The illustrations were vivid and sweet. I was unprepared for the religious reference. I think if that was the goal, this book should have been marketed as such.

I love reading children's books because they are simple but always hold a strong message or aim to teach something and this one did that!
this book showed the connection between colours and emotions and it is a quick read with fun rhymes; however, I do think at times the way things are written could be confusing to children and the lack of explanation of the emotions might not help either.
the artwork though, stunning!!

I loved the rhyming format!

On top of having beautiful illustrations, this book helps young readers identify and get in touch with their emotions and feelings through colors, which I think is a great way for kids to learn emotional intelligence.

The second half of the book also touches on diversity (height, skin color, etc.), identity and self-love in a way that’s understandable and age-appropriate for kids.

I really like the premise of using colours to help children explore emotions and the start and end were great for that. But I didn’t care for the reference to god.
I also wished that the illustrations matched the text more closely, as in the pictures everyone is happy whereas the text is discussing emotions such as envy and anger etc.

This book is interesting for young readers, as it equates what a child hears about colors (I'm blue, I'm green with envy) and the child trying to decipher what that means. The one thing was, though the art was beautiful, the expressions on the faces of the people (brother, mother, sister) didn't seem to match the emotions that were being described (envy, anger, scared). I think this could be done in a subtle way if the author doesn't want to take away from a more light-hearted message. Otherwise, this was a beautiful, Christian book!

Beautiful illustrations and fun rhymes. While the message is inclusive (beauty in every color), the narrator explicitly describes a white child (a boy) and uses Christian language. (Referencing "God'). I'm disappointed this is not inclusive to families and kids of color. As a result, I don't think I would pick this up to read this to my children.

I really loved the illustrations and the colorful aspect of the book.
I was expecting an educating book on colors which is how this started. It equated colors with emotions but then switched to (I think) race which confused me. It also, only once, included God, which is unusual. I notice a children’s book usually includes a religious aspect throughout or not at all.
Also, some rhymes seemed to exist solely to make the rhyme but didn’t totally make sense.
My 7 year old was equally confused by the end of the book. We could not comprehend the mid story shift in how colors were being described.

There were a few typos and incorrect words that interrupted and the flow and the rhyme scheme of the book.

I read it to my daughters and they gave it 3/5 stars.

I thought the illustrations were nice. This would be a great addition to elementary classrooms as a learning tool.

As a special education teacher, I am always looking for children's read aloud books about expressing and recognizing emotions. The description of this book has me excited, however I felt that the idea of emotion as color quickly got lost. As an artist myself who loves children's illustration, I found that the illustrations did not represent the text. At one point the mother's face is red from being angry, but in the illustration everyone is smiling. With a little work this could be a lovely story that helps children understand emotion, and could be useful in my classroom as we use a color scale of emotion for our students who have difficulty naming their emotions.

Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to review.

This book was very cute and the illustrations were beautiful. My 7 year old and I had a wonderful time reading this together!

I received an ARC from Net Galley in exchange for a review. I enjoyed the rhyming structure and colorful pictures! This was a nice opening to talk about feelings and what feelings colors make us think of. There were some typos that can hopefully be fixed!

My 5 year old said “Aww I loved this one! 5 stars. My favorite part was when we realized that pale green and dark dark purple make me feel jealous.”

I adore the idea of tying colors to emotions and experiences. Unfortunately, this book features only negative ones. This book mentions tough emotions like anger, jealousy, sadness, and fear but makes no mention of anything positive. I was not a fan of using the word "rotten" to describe a child.

I found a grammatical error on page 19. Errors are a little harder to overlook in a childrens book then in larger books. When there are less words, the errors are more glaring. Still, these happen to everyone and is not a direct reflection of the author's writing ability.

The book has good flow. Apart from the one error, this book had a good rhythm that children really seem to enjoy when being read to.

The pages are bright and beautiful. I enjoyed the illustrations. There was plenty to look at in each picture. Children love to point out their finds on the pages and this book has plenty to find.

This book is a 5 star idea but it needs a little work. It needs an infusion of happy to take it out of the depressing category and another go at from a good editor. I would not read this book again, but I would read more work from the author.

I am thankful for the opportunity to read and appreciate those who took the time to read this.

Amanda McDowell

In my opinion this is a good book, helpful for children and adults who struggle with emotions. It is productive to give color to feelings as this helps to put the feelings into words and perspective.