Children’s Book Review: Wake Up, Color Pup by Taia Morley

WAKE UP, COLOR PUP

By: Taia Morley

Published: March 12, 2019

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Fiction

Young children will delight in seeing the puppy travel through his day, adding color to his coat. The puppy is greeted in the morning by a little, yellow bird. The puppy is white, but as he starts to engage with the yellow bird, a bit of yellow is added to his coat.

As puppy greets more friends outside, more color is added to his coat. Orange from a butterfly, red from a lady bug, and green from the grass. Then a storm comes and when the puppy becomes scared, all his color washes away…until the yellow bird encourages the puppy to roll in a puddle and then splashes the whole scene in color.

This sweet story introduces colors to toddlers as well as a willingness to explore and appreciate all the beauty outside. Read this book and then take your toddler for a walk outside to find all the colors in their world.

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Taia Morley has worked as a toy and game designer and is an illustrator whose work appears in books and magazines. Her books include MY NEW BIG-KID BED and some titles in the HarperCollins Let’s Read and Find Out series. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota. To learn more, and to download a curriculum guide for her latest book, visit taiamorley.com.

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Other books great for toddlers or that feature colors:

HELLO LILAC – GOOD MORNING, YELLOW

WHO EATS ORANGE?

COLORAMA

CAT AND MOUSE

TWO TODDLER NURSERY RHYME BOOKS

YOU’RE MY LITTLE CUDDLE BUG

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