For every young artist scolded for using the wrong color crayon, every boy teased for wearing a pastel shirt, every girl denied blue shoes, heres the perfect response: All colors are for everyone. Just ask Nature! No One Owns the Colors is a lively celebration of self-expression and a bolstering invitation to advocate for your special uniqueness. The unnamed and non-gendered narrator shows that colors are simply part of the natural world. No bit of the spectrumfrom pink and blue to scarlet and chartreuseis meant to be claimed by any one gender or being or culture. Color is not something that can be right or wrong, or better or worse. Inspired by school yard experiences of the author’s own children, this melodic, rhythmic text provides the words and the confidence readers may need if someone says that their colorbe it skin, shirt, shoes, or simply the crayon they love mostis wrong.

Details:

• Publisher: The Collective Book Studio (February 7, 2023)
• Length: 32 pages
• Ages: 4 – 8