My Colors, My World / Mis colores, mi mundo

Written & illustrated by Maya Gonzalez

A girl seeks vibrant colors hidden beneath desert dust.

4.0/5 Goodreads · 450 ratings

32 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Maya's world is shrouded in desert dust, but she dreams of vibrant colors. With a feathered friend, she embarks on a quest, discovering hues in her Mama's flowers, a cactus, and the sunset. Will Maya find the rainbow she seeks, and inspire young readers to see the colors around them?

From the publisher

Pura Belpré Illustrator Award Honor - American Library Association (ALA)Bilingual English/Spanish. An instant favorite, this beautiful bilingual board book follows Maya as she discovers all the colors in her world.Maya longs to find brilliant, beautiful color in her world. But when the wind blows, desert sand covers everything, and turns her whole neighborhood the color of dust. With the help of a feathered friend, Maya searches high and low to find the colors in her world. And she does-in the vibrant purple of her Mama’s flowers, the juicy green of a prickly cactus, the hot pink clouds at sunset, and the shiny black of her Papi’s hair. As they follow Maya’s search for all the colors of the rainbow, little readers will be inspired to look around and ask themselves, where can I find the colors in my world? Written in English and Spanish, this beautiful bilingual board book will be an instant favorite for beginning readers.

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