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Staff Pick of the Week
The Unnamed
By Joshua Ferris
the unusual :
happiness
marriage
a good life
the untimely :
snatched
from our shelter
our safe house of hearts
the unnerving :
changes
a wind whipped street
lifes cruel hard road
joshua ferris has courageously written a novel for all god's lonely children
his story shines even as it darkens
his characters sing even as they're crying
unnamed
unknowing
A plethora of cleverly designed books have been gaining attention recently and, with the publication of ABC3D, I thought that perfection had been attained. However, the picture book industry has lots of surprises and the most clever, most innovative, has to be The Black Book of Colors.
You might think, "Why would a book about colors be black?" Well, because this book challenges you to imagine and feel colors rather than see them.
Each page is completely black and accompanied with raised, glossy illustrations and braille text. As you read the description of the color out loud, have your child close his or her eyes and run their fingers over the braille text and the illustrations. You will be surprised at how sensitive your fingers have to be to pick up the subtleties of the sensory aspects of this book!
It is a superb way to start a discussion about what colors mean to someone who has never seen a color in the first place.
