From award-winning author David Elliott and Ezra Jack Keats Award-winning illustrator Evan Turk comes a vibrant celebration of color, birds, and birdsong—perfect for fans of Eric Carle or Chris Raschka. Red, big / red, small / Red sits on my garden wall. / Blue, low / blue, high / Blue has taken to the sky.... This tender and stirring read aloud uses the beauty of birds to invite readers to observe primary and secondary colors. With lyrical rhyme and striking pastel artwork by rising star-illustrator Evan Turk, Color the Sky masterfully captures childlike curiosity, wonder, and joy. Not only does it beckon readers to answer the call of exploring the outdoors, it encourages children to embrace the differences within themselves and the world around them. Toddler-PreS-Reminiscent of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, this book teaches young readers about colors while pairing the lesson with joy and whimsy: "Blue low, blue high. Blue has taken to the sky." Readers follow a young child with enormous eyes and short curls as they discover a world with a rainbow of colorful birds. Concise sentences on each spread are provided in large type for those first learning to read and offer an easily accessible rhyme scheme. This poetic quality of the text engages readers in the beauty of nature and song. The sketch-style artwork in pastels and charcoal shows a world awash in color. The illustrations are detailed, particularly for the birds and trees, but the diffused light also provides a gentle quality to the scenes. VERDICT A recommended purchase for home and public library collections serving the youngest of patrons, and for fans of Eric Carle. Older readers may find instructional use; for example, the book can be used to teach colors to English language learners.-Monisha Blairα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. “A visually interesting concept book, full of wonder and lightsomeness, that’s useful for teaching young ones about colors.” ― Kirkus Reviews "An upbeat look at avian colors and the joy of being alive....A good spring story hour choice."― Booklist "Via rhyming lines and many-hued lines and textures, the creators show how attention to the natural world can offer endless change and variation."― Publishers Weekly David Elliott is the award-winning author of over twenty-five books for young people, including the picture books  Finn Throws a Fit ! and the  New York Times  bestselling  And Here’s to You! . Trained in classical voice, he has lived and worked in the Philippines, Palau, Israel, Mexico, Libya, and Greece. David is also the author of three critically acclaimed novels in verse:  Bull, Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc,  and  The Seventh Raven.  A native of Ohio ,  he now lives in New Hampshire with his wife and their Dandie Dinmont terrier, Queequeg. He invites you to visit him at davidelliottbooks.com.   Evan Turk is an Ezra Jack Keats Award–winning illustrator, author, and animator. He is the author-illustrator of  The Storyteller ,  Heartbeat ,  You Are Home: An Ode to the National Parks , and  A   Thousand Glass Flowers  and the illustrator of  Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters , which was a  New York Times  Best Illustrated Children’s Book;  Grandfather Gandhi ; and its companion  Be the Change . Originally from Colorado, Evan now lives in California with his husband and two cats. He is a graduate of Parsons School of Design. He invites you to visit him at evanturk.com.