You Are a Burst of Color takes readers on a journey to explore how different colors might make a child feel. “Feelings are as colorful as the rainbow and change all the time”. Each page is filled with beautiful and detailed illustrations, and young kids are sure to open discussions regarding new emotions that they otherwise wouldn’t have stopped to discuss.

A young child makes sense of her emotions through colors. The illustrations of this book were phenomenal as they aptly represented the colors and emotions of the child. This will be a great read for young children who may have issues expressing their emotions, maybe they will find themselves better represented by the colors. The prose is not the star of the show here, but I think it works as it describes the emotions and lets the colors and images do the talking. Overall, I heavily recommend.

First of all, I am so blown away by the illustration. The art is utterly beautiful.

As for the story itself, I love the concept of using colors to teach children different emotions. I also love how accepting this book is of different emotions. There is no “bad” emotion and it’s important to be able to identify how you feel without passing judgement. I think that’s a great lesson for children.

You Are a Burst of Color is an exploration of feelings and emotions through color. Appropriate for young children, this book would be a great addition to a preschool or kindergarten classroom.

Thank you to Charlesbridge and NetGalley for an ARC of this book. Opinions expressed are my own.

My daughter loved this, short sweet and colourful. She sat and listened to the story and looked at the pictures. An amazing story as well, definitely would read to her again

This is a wonderful children’s book that shows them it is ok and normal to feel a variety of feelings every day and that each day’s feelings may not always be the same. The illustrations are lovely too!

Very cute! We are avid color mobster books and this was very similar vibes, in a good way!
My son is 4 and learning about big emotions has been really helpful for him.
The illustrations are also gorgeous!
A big win for my mom and her littles!

Thank you NetGalley, Sook-Hee Choi and Charlesbridge for the early copy!

What an absolutely lovely book, color coding emotions and helping children learn to recognize emotions and feelings. My daughter loved this book

A beautiful introduction for children to colors and the feelings they can represent. It's a very sweet story with beautiful illustrations and each color being used on it's own with the background being in greyscale. I really liked reading this!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an e-ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Super cute. I loved this book and sharing it with my kids. So well thought out and impactful for the kiddos.

This gorgeous picture book deals with emotions at a level that young children can access.

I think this will be a great addition to my library, especially as we are adding pre-K this year. I would recommend other elementary libraries add it, as well as public libraries. I also think this would be a great addition to personal collections, to help toddlers better understand their emotions.

Thank you to Charlesbridge and Net Galley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

This books has some gorgeous illustrations! The story was a little more poetic than I was expecting and I'm not sure it would really draw my little one in. Worth taking a read simply to look at the pictures, though. Beautiful!

This was a beautiful book to read with my three year old. He completely related to feelings and colors, though we didn’t always get the alignment of the color choice with the emotion. We did enjoy the illustrations and the story.

Thank you to NetGalley and Charlesbridge for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.

What a precious book!
We follow along with a child as she relates the differing emotions she feels with colors during the day.
Sweet illustrations bring the text to life for readers young and old.

I enjoyed the illustrations more than the text. I don't know if that was due to the size of the font or just the amazing drawings and colors. Books about feelings are important for children. This one would be a nice addition to a school or classroom library.

This book is beautiful and full of simple, clear descriptions of our emotions. Colors paired with feeling is a wonderful way to explain what we feel to children. I look forward to adding this to my class library.

Loved the writing, loved the pictures and artwork. This is perfect for kids and so engaging. Highly recommend!

"You Are a Burst of Color" by Sook-Hee Choi expresses vibrancy and vitality, highlighting the uniqueness and impact one can have on the world. It is said that just as a burst of color can transform a dull canvas, an individual can bring life and energy into their surroundings. This metaphor underscores the importance of embracing individuality and the positive influence it can have on others. Sook-Hee Choi's writing style is vivid and poetic, using rich imagery to convey her themes. Her tone is uplifting and encouraging, inspiring readers to recognize and celebrate their own uniqueness. Through her expressive language, she invites readers to view themselves as vibrant contributors to the world around them.

"Feelings are as colorful as a rainbow and change all the time."

"Brilliant yellow flutters forward like a butterfly."

"...who will I meet today."

"Will green grow all around me."

"...I find a friend and am tickled pink."

"...I sink into a calming, deep, dark blue..."

"Warm brown is like a long hug."

"Clear blue arrives once a storm has passed."

"Feelings are as colorful as the rainbow..."

You are a burst of color - 4,5/5 - lecture en anglais.

Le petit coup de coeur sur cet album jeunesse qui traverse les couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel des émotions et plus encore. Dès que je l'ai terminé la première chose que j'ai faite c'est de le relire. Les couleurs sont omniprésentes, vibrantes, elles nous parlent. J'ai adoré.

** Review in english **

"When I wake up, the morning is dazzling white.
I don't know what colors I will feel today."

As soon as I finished reading You are a burst of color, I read it again. That's how much I enjoyed that book.
I love when color is a theme of a piece of art : a story, a book, a movie, etc. Here we go for colors are emotions, moments in time, feelings and questions...

You are a burst of color looks like a child's dream, how it would portrayed in an animated movie. Imagine. Or rather pick it up and read it ! It's worth it, pinky swear.

This is totally a book I would buy for myself and to offer to kids. It's so pretty and cute. Colorful and gorgeous. Emotions can be big for children. This book could help them manage all these feelings and express what they feel. A great tool for amusing time, learning, and growing up.

I loved the work on the textures, the illustrations are cute and pretty drawn, the colors are *chef's kiss*, I just LOVE this children's book. It made me wanna discover and read more of Choi Sook-Hee work and books.

"Warm brown is like a long hug."

I read it like this was poetry. It's basically poetry for kids, with stunning vivid colorful visuals. To read alone or with a friend, a grown-up, with or without the text. It's really good to learn colors, vocabulary, emotions and more.

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This story shows how a child uses colors to describe her environment and the feelings she feels. This is a great way to teach kids to think outside the box on how they feel without just saying “mad” or “sad”.

Thank you NetGalley & Sook-Hee for the opportunity to read this Arc!