COLORS — An Illustrated Picture Book About Why Every Shade Matters

A box of crayons draws the whole world — and then has to work out why it took every single one of them to do it.

COLORS is a rhyming picture book for ages 4–8 about difference, belonging, and what a rainbow would look like if somebody decided one color was enough. It began as a poem, and it still reads like one: a single idea carried a couplet at a time, short enough to finish at bedtime without losing anyone's attention.

The crayons in these pages are the artists. Every single thing you see in this book — the rainbow, the art gallery, the city, the faces in the frames — was drawn by the characters standing next to it. Which means the book never has to tell a child that everyone contributes something. The evidence is right there on the page.

And watch the crayons themselves as the pages go by. By the last page, every one of them has been worn down to a stub. Nobody in the book remarks on it. That's simply what it cost to make the world so full — and most children spot it on the second read without being told.

WHAT YOU GET

- 32-page full-color illustrated picture book

- PDF, instant download — opens on any phone, tablet, laptop or e-reader

- No app, no account, no expiry

- About 8 minutes to read aloud

- Ages 4–8, written to be read together

A NOTE FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS

This is a faith-framed book, and it doesn't hide it — the refrain running through it is that God gave us all our different colors, and the case it makes about difference is made on those terms throughout. If that's your family's language, it will land exactly as intended. If it isn't, it still reads perfectly well as a poem about design and intent — we'd just rather you knew before page four than after.

Written by David Gibson Sr. Published by Unforgettable Media.

Free preview available — read the opening pages before you buy.