Tuesday Treasure
The Black Book of Colours was first published in 2006 under the Spanish title El Libro Negro de los colores. Good news this important book is still in print.
Thomas is blind but he can still talk about colour. He tells us about his personal understanding and experiences of colour all depicted in black relief illustrations with a text also presented in braille.
Every school library and every public library should contain a copy of this unique, important and truly special book.
Yellow tastes like mustard
Red is sour like unripe strawberries and sweet as watermelon
Brown crunches under his feet like autumn leaves
Green tastes like lemon ice cream and smells like grass that has just been cut
But black is the king of all colour. It is soft as silk ...
No comments:
Post a Comment