This book contains 11 colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, gray, white, black, and rainbow. I like how the order follows the colors of the rainbow and ends with a rainbow (with a few bonus colors). Some pages in the book also include numbers relating to the pictures, such as "three young orangutans" and "five yellow ducklings." While the main focus is the colors, introducing numbers, one of the following skills a child learns, is an excellent addition.

Recommended age: 1-3 years

Writing style: Each page has two rhyming sentences. The words chosen are easy to decode, but they are long sentences. I wouldn't expect a child to read this independently.

Lexile score: AD490L
Decoding difficulty: 3/5
Vocabulary difficulty: 3/5
Sentences difficulty: 4/5
Patterns difficulty: 5/5

Illustration style: Each two-page spread contains a single photo of an animal, the color in large letters, and then a solid-colored bottom section with rhyming sentences containing the color word.

Reality-based: Yes. The book contains real photographs of animals and relatable colors. ( )