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Author:

Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua, author.

Title:

Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky / by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond ; illustrated by Daniel Minter.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Subject:

Blue--Juvenile literature.
Pigments--Juvenile literature.
Dyes and dyeing--Juvenile literature.
Blue.
Pigments.
Dyes and dyeing.
Color.
Blue.
Pigments.
Dyes and dyeing.
Color.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Minter, Daniel, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history--from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created--and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal, August 2014
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, January 2022
Pub Weekly, January 2022
Booklist, October 2021
Horn Book, January 2022
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2014
Kirkus Review, September 2014
Library Media Connection, January 2015
School Library Journal
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre
Pub Weekly

ISBN:

1984894374
9781984894373
1984894366
9781984894366

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