What started as a book about feelings turned into a book about skin color.

I enjoyed the first half of the book, helping children associate colors with emotions with cute little rhymes. However, the rhymes began to get choppy and the book took a different turn. The illustrations would have made a different impact on me if they matched what the book was saying. For example, when it is stated that the mother's cheeks turned red, the illustration could have shown the mother a bit angry/upset.
There was some good potential for this book but it was lost half-way through.

Illustrated quite well and the concept was also nice but it didn't really wow me. But overall cute!!

This was another book i ready with my 4 y/o. She enjoyed it for the most part and I got to discuss the emotions talked about in the book with her. Would definitely recommend for a young reader.

This quick, rhyming read explores the connection between colors and emotions in a playful way. I appreciated the effort to help kids name their feelings, such an important topic for early emotional development.

That said, I paused at the reference to “God” creating the boy’s skin color. While the intention may have been positive, phrasing it differently (perhaps mentioning nature or individuality) might have kept the focus on emotions without unintentionally narrowing the book’s inclusivity.
It would’ve worked better as a story purely about feelings, rather than including physical descriptions that might distance some readers.

'I look out my window and I can see all the colors of the world around me.'

Such a cute little book about understanding emotions and how everyone experiences them differently. Definitely adding to my Amazon wishlist for the classroom.

I liked to book, but I think that even though the idea was great, the execution was only okay. The pictures were beautiful, but did not match with the description beside it. For example, the kid was smiling when there was a paragraph about fright. I do think that it could get the kids reading mixed up about the émotions shown. However, I think that associating colours with emotions is a great idea with children.

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this book.

A sweet children's book addressing that the world and our emotions are more than they appear to be. I enjoyed the poetic rhyming of the book, and its heartfelt messages displayed in the illustrations. It's great for early literacy, and those just coming to their emotions and how to understand and identify them. A sweet, new take similar to Inside Out.

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.