The Black Book of Colors

The Black Book of Colors

Title: The Black Book of Colors

Genre: Special Needs

Authors: Menena Cottin and Rosana Faría

Awards: None

Age group: 5-10 year olds

This is a quite interesting children’s book about a blind child’s view of colors. It really makes you think about different people’s viewpoints in life and how they view the things around them.

Summary:

In this book it describes what the colors are from Thomas’s point of view, a child who is blind, he describes them through taste, smell or feel. Like for example it says red is sour like unripe strawberries and as sweet as watermelon. Like the title says though this book is completely black and on each page it has the Braille over the words and a Braille like image beside it. In the end Thomas explains that he likes all the colors because he can hear, smell, touch and taste them.

Here is an example of a page:

I believe I can use this book in my class room because it can be a good tool for both those students who need Braille and for other students to understand what Braille is.

I believe the appropriate grade level this book is Kinder-5th grade. This book is short and doesn’t have too complex of vocabulary, but might be a little confusing for younger grades if they do not understand that some people cannot see so this is how they might “see” color; but I believe this book can be a great tool to understand this concept as well.

An activity that can go with this book is the student will explain their experience of a color in their own words and then draw a picture to go with it like in the book.

HAVE FUN READING!💙-Lacy