by Hervé Tullet (Chronicle Books, 2014)
First of all. Welcome to the new Design of the Picture Book! I’m super excited to feature this particular book as the first spot in my face-lifted blog–its heart and soul of art and play is exactly what I think these new digs represent.
Do you see? The logo! The colors! The Book Party? THE BOOK PARTY?!! (If you are in a reader, click over and see all the goodies. And for the love, please join the Book Party. I mean really.)
Super huge thanks to Sara Jensen for, well, everything. (#taken)
It’s here. This highly anticipated follow up to the smash hit Press Here is muddled-up fun and completely magical.
Remember those rolls of endless butcher paper and squishing your fingers into as many paint puddles as possible? That’s what this book is. It’s a lesson in color mixing wrapped up in a hefty dose of play.
Slam the book together so the yellow and blue make green. Shake it on its side and watch purple drips racing off the page. What happens when you add some white? Or black? Or stick your hand right in the middle of the mess?
It’s a color theory primer and an invitation to get dirty. And isn’t that the best kind of creating?
I’m a grownup. I get the gig here. And still I looked at my palm when I flipped the last page of this book, sure it would be dripping with paint.
Welcome back to childhood. It’s good here.
Want to win a children’s painting studio worth $500? Check out the details here, and tweet away using #MixItUpBook!
P.S – If you need more Hervé Tullet (and the answer is probably yes, yes you do) check out this other experiential art book for tiny, creative minds.
I received this book from the publisher (right back atcha, #chroniclecrush!), but opinions are all mine.
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