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The pages all have tiny circles that pick up colors from preceding and succeeding pages and bring them into the current ones. This is very clever; a pink bird sitting in an apple tree in flying when the page is turned. I liked that the holes were fairly small, because they will hold up a bit better. There are also a few silver highlights which are very striking.

The book is particularly well-designed, and reminds me of the black, white, and red graphic items that were supposed to stimulate infant brains that came out back in the day. Learning colors and animals are some of the first lessons young children learn, and this book has a little of both, although this book is so short that there is no orange or purple.

This is a sturdy board book, but given the rough treatment these usually receive, I would probably reinforce the spine with book glue, since the pages are not adhered to the cover at the spine.

These early learning books are frequently read, so it's good to have a collection of different titles to change things up. Carle's What's Your Favorite Color, Ledesma's Color Gallery, McKee's Elmer's Colors, Srinivasan's Little Owl's Colors, and my favorite, Boynton's Blue Hat, Green Hat.