The sky’s no limit as the author-illustrator of The Dot and Ish winds up his Creatrilogy with a whimsical tale about seeing the world a new way.
Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can’t wait to begin! But how can Marisol make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream. . . . From the award-winning Peter H. Reynolds comes a gentle, playful reminder that if we keep our hearts open and look beyond the expected, creative inspiration will come.
Besides encouraging children to paint what they actually see rather than repeating the visual conventions they’ve learned, this original offering frames an apparent problem as a challenge with a simple solution. Rounding out the picture book series that began with THE DOT (2003), this fresh, whimsical picture book encourages the artist and the creative thinker in every child.
—Booklist (starred review)
Reynolds’s characteristically wispy and loose mixed-media art makes judicious use of color in a way that accentuates Marisol’s creativity. Once again, Reynolds’s message is to think outside the box, and Marisol’s efforts should encourage readers to do just that.
—Publishers Weekly
Peter H. Reynolds is a New York Times best-selling illustrator who has created many acclaimed books for children. In addition to his Creatrilogy — The Dot, Ish, and now Sky Color — he is the author-illustrator of Rose’s Garden, The North Star, and So Few of Me and the illustrator of Megan McDonald’s Judy Moody and Stink series. Born in Canada, Peter H. Reynolds now lives in Dedham, Massachusetts.
彼得·雷諾茲（Peter H.Reynolds）1961年出生于加拿大多倫多，著名童書作家、插畫家。畢業(yè)于麻省理工學(xué)院藝術(shù)院，擁有自己的藝術(shù)工作室。雷諾茲的繪本作品風(fēng)格獨(dú)特、富有創(chuàng)意。代表作《點(diǎn)》曾榮獲克里斯托弗大獎(jiǎng)，多部作品榮登《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》圖書暢銷排行榜榜首。
繼《點(diǎn)》、《有一天》、《味兒》之后，Peter H.Reynolds今年又出了一本好作品了——《Sky color》。
馬里索爾喜歡畫畫。當(dāng)她的老師要求她幫助學(xué)校圖書館的壁畫，她迫不及待準(zhǔn)備開始，但卻發(fā)現(xiàn)缺了藍(lán)色的水彩！馬里索爾想怎樣才能在沒有藍(lán)色的情況下花出天空來。放學(xué)回家路上，她凝視著車窗外；回家后站在門口望著天空；睡著了，她夢見了天空，天空也并不是都是藍(lán)色的。第二天下雨了，天也不是藍(lán)色的。并不是只有藍(lán)色才能畫出天空！她能畫出什么樣的天空呢？
