In a logical, clear-thinking, pre-911 world Boy Hernandez would be madly filling orders with his newly established women’s fashion line, (B)oy for Bergdorf-Goodman, Bloomingdale’s and other trend setting hotspots. But in this post-911 world of fast and at times, sloppy security work, Boy’s been thrown into Gitmo for allegedly assisting terrorists by funneling money through his clothing design studio. HA!
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.
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