BONNIE'S BLUE HOUSE

by Kelly Asbury ‧ RELEASE DATE: April 1, 1997

This color-concept book from newcomer Asbury has much going for it. The spare text (""I am Bonnie and this is my cat, Bluebonnet"") and the two-color illustrations (black and blue on a bed of white) are simple, direct, and oddly comforting Bonnie recounts a day in her life: She introduces readers to her home, cavorts with her pals in a tree fort and swimming pool, sups, watches TV, reads her dad a bedtime story. For the most part, Asbury has chosen the vehicles for his color with a nod toward familiarity--blue water, blueberry pie, blue eyes (small, ghoulish buttons)--and sometimes with real invention: the flicker of the cathode ray, the glow of moonlight. The blue tree, on the other hand, is discordant. Two companion volumes, Rusty's Red Vacation (ISBN 0-8050-4021-8) and Yolanda's Yellow School (-4023-4), take Asbury's color message aptly into those realms.

Pub Date: April 1, 1997

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: 32

Publisher: Henry Holt

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 15, 1997

Categories: CHILDREN'S