What's Your Favourite Colour?

From Eric Carle, the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, comes a beautiful, bright book all about COLOUR. Everyone has a favourite colour! Some like the bright blue of a balloon. Others prefer the mint green of a delicious scoop of ice cream. Eric Carle? He loves sunshiny yellow! Featuring entries and artwork from fifteen of today's most beloved children's book illustrators, this funny and wonderfully quirky collection offers readers a unique glimpse into illustrators' personalities, and is sure to inspire children to create favourite colour drawings and stories of their very own. With artwork from: Eric Carle, Lauren Castillo, Bryan Collier, Mike Curato, Etienne Delessert, Anna Dewdney, Rafael Lopez, William Low, Marc Martin, Jill McElmurry, Yuyi Morales, Frann Preston-Gannon, Uri Shulevitz, Philip C. Stead and Melissa Sweet.

"With artwork and contributions from a whole host of children's book illustrators, What's Your Favourite Colour? explores the importance of colour in our lives and the images and feelings it evokes. A great way of encouraging children to explore colour, create stories and get painting!" Sue Wilsher, Carousel "This book is a pleasure to read and not only provides a unique insight into the colourful world of the artists involved but also offers a starting point for stimulating discussion about colour with readers." Reading Zone " [...] this vibrant tome delves into the world of colours and their many evocative associations." -- Eric Carle Absolutely Mamma "The different styles, contexts and levels of poetic or prosaic seriousness in each artist's response convey a rich sense of specificity, the value of individual thought and experience beyond superficial "right answer" responses." -- Eric Carle The Times Literary Supplement A funny and quirky collection to inspire children age 3+ to create their own drawings & stories! Primary Times "Fascinating and inspiring, this visual and verbal feast offers an excellent starting point for an exploration of colour with a wide range of age groups from pre-schoolers to adults." Red Reading Hub "This funny and wonderfully quirky collection offers readers a unique glimpse into illustrators' personalities, and is sure to inspire children to create favourite colour drawings and stories of their very own." Me, Him, The Dog, and the Baby.

Eric Carle is the renowned children's author-illustrator, most famous for his picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which has been translated into over 30 languages. Since The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle has illustrated more than 70 books including Brown Bear, Brown Bear and What Do You See?, and more than 70 million copies of his books have sold worldwide. He is also the founder of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, a non-profit organization set up to inspire a love of art and reading through picture books, to which all the royalties from this book will go.

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