Suggestions from Mt. Lebanon Public Library  ~  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 www.mtlebanonlibrary.org
           
colors

Toddler books
Picture books
    - paperbacks
    - things that go
    - counting books
Non-fiction
Audiovisual materials

Toddler books-
     shelved by the author’s last name.

Baby colors (j T BABYS )
Duckie's rainbow by Frances Barry
Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton
My very first book of colors by Eric Carle
Colors (j T COLORS)
Colors by Chuck Murphy
Maisy’s Colors by Lucy Cousins
Maisy's rainbow dream by Lucy Cousins
Freight Train by Donald Crews
My Colors = Mis Colores by Rebecca Emberley
What Color Was the Sky Today? by Miela Ford
What Color is That, Piggywiggy? by Christyan & Diane Fox
Spot Looks at Colors by Eric Hill
Black on white by Tana Hoban
Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe by Tana Hoban
What is black and white? by Petr Horácek
Colors by Shirley Hughes
Kipper’s Book of Colors by Mick Inkpen
Colors by Sara Lynn
Eye Spy Colors by Debbie MacKinnon
Elmer’s Colors by David McKee
I Love Colors by Margaret Miller
My first colors board book (j T MY)
Willy Can Count by Anne Rockwell
Yoyo's colors by Jeannette Rowe
I Went Walking by Sue Williams

back to top

Picture books-
     shelved by the author’s last name.

White Rabbit’s Color Book by Alan Baker
George Paints His House by Francine Bassede
Bear’s Busy Family by Stella Blacksone
Can You See the Red Balloon? by Stella Blacksone
The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown
My World of Color by Margaret Wise Brown
First Steps: Letters, Numbers, Colors, Opposites by John Burningham
Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera
Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle
The mixed-up chameleon by Eric Carle
Kitten red, yellow, blue by Peter Catalanotto
Calico Cat’s Rainbow by Donald Charles
What Am I?: Looking Through Shapes
At Apples and Grapes by N. N. Charles
Party animals by Katie Davis
The Color Box by Dayle Ann Dodds
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
A blue so blue by Jean-Francois Dumont
Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar
The House of Four Seasons by Roger Duvoisin
Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Black meets white by Justine Fontes
The Chalk Box Story by Don Freeman
Food for thought : the complete book of concepts for growing minds by Saxton Freymann
Gus and Button by Saxton Freyman
Little White Dog by Laura Godwin
My very first look at colors by Christiane Gunzi
Color Seems by Ilma Haskins
Father Sun, Mother Moon by John Hassett
Wild colors by Andrea Helman
Colors Everywhere by Tana Hoban
Of Colors and Things by Tana Hoban
Zoe's hats : a book of colors and patterns by Sharon Lane Holm
My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard
The Gumby Book of Colors by Jane Hyman
Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Ellen Jackson
Thinking About Colors by Jessica Jenkins
One, some, many by Marthe Jocelyn
Color Dance by Ann Jonas
The Lion and the Little Red Bird by Elisa Kleven
Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Colors  by E. L. Konigsburg
Red Day, Green Day by Edith Kunhardt
Orange is a Color; A Book About Colors by Sharon Lerner
Teeny Tiny Mouse: A Book About Colors by Laura Leuck
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments by Arnold Lobel
The Paint-Box Sea by Doris Herold Lund
A Beasty Story by Bill Martin
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan
City colors by Zoran Milich
Cat and Dog Have a Contest by Elizabeth Miller
Tiny Tiger Learns A Lot by J. P. Miller
Chidi Only Likes Blue by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and Henry Wore
His Green Sneakers by Merle Peek
A Rainbow all Around Me by Sandra L. Pinkney
It’s Me, Marva!: A Story About Color & Optical Illusion by Marjorie Priceman
Colors: A Book by John J. Reiss
Wise Owl’s Birthday Colors by Dorothy Fay Richards
Cirque du Soleil : parade of colors by Patrisha Robertson
Mr. Panda’s Painting by Anne Rockwell
Colors by Richard Scarry
Lemons are not red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Who Said Red? by Mary Serfozo
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Spicy hot colors : colores picantes by Sherry Shahan
White is for blueberry by George Shannon
Colors by Carol Diggory Shields
My Box of Color by Lorianne Siomades
Ballerina! By Peter Sis
Carlo likes colors by Jessica Spanyol
If You Want to Find Golden by Eileen Spinelli
The farm life by Elizabeth Spurr
Rainbow Joe and Me by Maria Diaz Strom
What color is nature? by Stephen R. Swinburne
I Love My Busy Book by Cindy Szekeres
If You Take a Paintbrush; A Book of Colors by Fulvio Testa
A World of Color by Sylvia Root Tester
Red is a Dragon: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Thong
Mouse Magic by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Magpie Magic by April Wilson
I Went Walking by Sue Williams
My First Colors, Shapes, Sizes, And Opposites Book by Angela Wilkes
This is Yellow and This is Red by Edith Witt
Elemenopeo by Harriet Ziefert
Lunchtime for a purple snake by Harriet Ziefert

back to top

Picture book paperbacks-
     shelved by the author’s last name.

Is It Red? Is It Yellow? It It Blue? by Tana Hoban
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers by Merle Peek
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Picture book things-that-go-
     shelved by the author’s last name.

Big yellow trucks and diggers : Colors (j Em BIG)
Freight Train by Donald Crews

Picture book counting books-
     shelved by the author’s last name.

One Gray Mouse by Katherine Burton
Moo Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood

Non-fiction-

Color, color, color, color by Ruth Heller  (j 752 Hel)
Marcos colors : red, yellow, blue = rojo, amarillo, azul by Tomie DePaola ( j468 dep)

Audiovisual materials

“Learn About” Colors by John Bauers– audiocassette
(j AC KIT COLORS)

Mr. Al Sings Colors & Shapes– audiocassette
(j AC Music AL)

Baby Songs ABC, 123, Colors & Shapes—video
by Hap Palmer (j VC BABY)

JumpStart Pre-K—CD-ROM
(j CD-ROM JUMP START)


back to top
more booklists

Look for these and other great books in
The Children's Library
Mt. Lebanon Public Library
16 Castle Shannon Blvd.
Pittsburgh, PA 15228
412/531-1913      9.05
www.mtlebanonlibrary.org