Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

I've read a number of 'color' books. The ones where they use either 1) a storyline or 2) no storyline to teach colors to young children. Nothing seemed to help my youngest get interested in colors...until this book. 

Lemons are Not Red uses the classic 'give them the wrong info and let them choose the right info' tactic. Look at the title.

"Lemons are not red. Lemns are yellow. Apples are red."

Nothing radical, right? But the way the book is put together, children see through cut-outs at a red lemon; Then turn the page and the lemon is now yellow, with a correctly colored apple on the opposing side.

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

This classic has been on our shelf since our oldest was a baby.

Like most books for young children, the lyrical words, "I went walking. What did you see? I saw a  [color] [animal] looking at me" allow children to learn colors and pre-reading skills as they fill what comes next. "I saw a brown cow looking at me."

Julie Vivas uses bold, bright colors to introduce us to each new animal as we take a walk with the narrator.







This book is very similar to, and therefore I recommend Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, as well.