Spicy Hot Colors: Colores Picantes

by Sherry Shahan

Book Overview

Colors explode off the page as Sherry Shahan's energetic, jazzy poetry introduces young readers to colors in English and Spanish. In a style brimming with rhythm and syncopation, Shahan introduces nine colors by interweaving images and dance steps. Ecuadoran artist Paula BarragA-n's computer-enhanced cut-paper illustrations capture the rhythm and vivacity of the text.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874837413
• ISBN13: 9780874837414
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: August House Publishers
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Wonderful bilingual colors book with rythem!

Great book. It has rythem and is billingual, we enjoy reading this one over and over.

learn some spanish

Spicy Hot Colors is a picture book teaching the names of colors in Spanish. Each color is given a full page spread. The name of the color is mentioned in English and then the spanish word is listed as well. In the back there is a vocabulary list for words that kids might not know the meanings of. Also is a helpful pronunciation guide for the Spanish words that are listed in the book. The illustrations were bright and bold. They went well with the text. I would recommend this book to educators who are teaching basic Spanish. The book was very helpful in home school while learning the names of colors in Spanish

A haunting presentation for young readers

From ballet to books: Sherry Shahan is a dancer/author who in Spicy Hot Colors is passionate about rhythm and here she incorporates the rhythmic elements of Latin American culture into a superbly presented bilingual coverage of colors. Illustrator Paula Barragan creates the colors, while jazzy poetry uses English and Spanish to reveal colors to the very young. A dancing, a haunting presentation for young readers.