ReFoReMo Mini-Monthly Writing Challenge: Color my World

 By Janie reinart

Color affects us--lifts our mood, gives us energy, calms our mind. Your challenge as we move  

into autumn is to write a story about color. Share the beauty of orange sunsets, crystal blue 

skies, and red birds at the feeder in our colorful world.

Arree Chung is the author/illustrator of Mixed and other picture books.  He is the creator and teacher of 

the fascinating and educational Storyteller Academy. (I am a member.) 

"All the colors were living in harmony―until one day, a Red says "Reds are the best!" and starts a color 

kerfuffle. When the colors decide to separate, is there anything that can change their minds?" The story is 

about love, acceptance and unity.

"In the beginning, there were three colors . . .

Reds,

Yellows,

and Blues.

Reds were the loudest.  La La La La La.

Yellows were the brightest."

And blues were the coolest."

By Roseanne Thong

Younger children will be delighted to learn their colors with a hint of Asian culture in Red is a Dragon :

A Book of Colors. A little girl finds a rainbow of colors in her everyday life.

"Red is a dragon

Red is a drum

Red are the firecrackers--

here they come!"

By Hena Khan

"With breathtaking illustrations and informative text, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A 

Muslim Book of Colors magnificently captures the world of Islam, celebrating its beauty and 

traditions for even the youngest readers." (From the book jacket.)

"Red is the rug

Dad kneels on to pray, 

facing toward Mecca,

five times a day.

Blue is the hijab

Mom likes to wear.

It's  the scarf she uses to cover her hair."

By Joyce Sidman

From the Booklist review, "The changing seasons have been the subject of many a picture 

book, but this one has a particularly unique take on the topic. Each season is explored in terms 

of how it encompasses colors. In the spring, “Red sings / from treetops . . . / each note dropping 

/ like a cherry / into my ear.” Green “peeks from buds,” and yellow “slips goldfinches their spring 

jackets.” 

In winter ...

green waits 

in the hearts of trees,

feeling 

the earth

turn.

 

"Try to be a rainbow in" someone's cloud."

~Maya Angelou