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The White Book
The White Book
Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District
Review Date: October 14, 2015
Review
This wordless picture book was first published in Italy in 2013. The main character is a boy who gleefully wields a paint roller. As he paints each page a color, a scene is revealed. Each scene pleases the boy, but then the birds fly away, the fish swim down, the dinosaur roars, the elephant squashes, and the giraffes pluck...the boy off his feet. Children will delight in guessing how each picture goes "wrong". Finally, the color reveals a dog, and the boy no longer needs the paint roller for his entertainment. The reader can imagine the boy and his adorable orange dog running off the page to play at whatever game is next. A fun way to talk about color and predictive text. Recommend.
Overall Book Score: very good
About the Book
Author:
Borando, Silvia
Illustrator: ,
Illustration Quality: very good
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Book Type: picture book fiction
Genre: fantasy
Audience: preschool
Binding Type: trade edition
Binding Quality: good
ISBN: 9780763681074
Price: 14.00