{"id":9773,"date":"2010-08-13T14:26:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=9773"},"modified":"2014-05-19T14:05:11","modified_gmt":"2014-05-19T18:05:11","slug":"raindrops-a-shower-of-colors-by-chieu-anh-urban-illustrated-by-viviana-garofoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/raindrops-a-shower-of-colors-by-chieu-anh-urban-illustrated-by-viviana-garofoli\/","title":{"rendered":"Raindrops: A Shower of Colors by Chi\u00eau Anh Urban, illustrated by Viviana Garofoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/08\/Raindrops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28917\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2010\/08\/Raindrops-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"Raindrops\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Since we\u2019ve been greeted the last few mornings with showers, I figure <em>Raindrops<\/em> was the most appropriate title to post today \u2026<\/p>\n<p>This chunky book for little fingers proves to be a most clever adventure in learning colors \u2026 not just the basics, but how certain combinations make brand new shades. Each page has a cut-out raindrop of color \u2013 made up of translucent, transparent plastic \u2013 and every few pages present a mini-lesson in color-making.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it works \u2026 The blue butterfly on the left page faces the red rooster on the right. Turn the page, and the two raindrops of blue and red combine to make the purple parrot \u2026 and off the animals go, go, go picking up friends along the way.<\/p>\n<p>The yellow of the bumblebee and blue of the beetle combine to give the grasshopper his green \u2026 by book\u2019s end, you\u2019ve got a bright rainbow over the menagerie of playful animals having too much fun. Their infectious energy is sure to entertain the youngest readers, while parents will certainly appreciate the ingenious use of color combos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Children<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2010<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since we\u2019ve been greeted the last few mornings with showers, I figure Raindrops was the most appropriate title to post today \u2026 This chunky book for little fingers proves to be a most clever adventure in learning colors \u2026 not just the basics, but how&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,6,60,140],"tags":[6608,602,160,64,3100,3101],"class_list":["post-9773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-children-picture-books","category-fiction","category-nonethnic-specific","category-vietnamese-american","tag-bookdragon","tag-chieu-anh-urban","tag-kiddie-fun","tag-pets-animals","tag-raindrops-a-shower-of-colors","tag-viviana-garofoli"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - 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