LemonsarenotRed.Applesarered.Lemonsareyellow....Clevercutoutsinthepagesmakeasimple,original,andutterlybeguilingintroductiontocolor.LauraVaccaroSeeger,whoseTheHiddenAlphabetdazzledcriticsandreadersalike,introducesyoungchildrentocolorinthisuniqueconceptbookwithdiecuts.Theopeningspreadfeaturesabig,brightredlemonandthesimpletext,“LemonsarenotRED.“Whenthespreadisturnedanequallybrightyellowlemonappears(“LemonsareYELLOW“)acrossfromalusciousredapple(“ApplesareRED“).Andsoitgoes,fromcarrotsthatarenotpurplethroughreindeerthatarenotwhite,etal.Thebookendswith“ThemoonisnotBLACK/ThemoonisSILVER/ThenightisBLACK/Goodnight!Andthereaderseesatranquilnightlandscapeandahousewiththelightsturnedout.ThistitlehasCommonCoreconnections.
