A young boy observes how color illuminates the world around him. The theme of color links verse and scenes from nature that take the reader through a day. A well-known poem about color is paired with pictures of familiar objects. A little boy longs to have a rainbow all his own. Rhyming verse introduces colors in objects and places.
Dancers waving scarves demonstrate different combinations of color.
In a yellow house, a mother cat searches for her kitten. The green queen wears her many-colored scarf when she goes out for a walk. A girl explains why her favorite clothes are red. Available in Spanish as El rojo es el mejor . A little boy's yellow ball drifts out to sea and washes up on a distant shore.