Today’s Top Ten Tuesday (#TTT) is all about books with colors in their title. Wow, this challenge is hard! I could off the top of my head think of four books, then thought of another, but then I was stuck. So to give me some inspiration, I decided to search Bookshare. When I typed the first color, “green”, into the search box, already several hundreds of titles popped up even when I kept the search to children’s literature. In this list, you’ll find some kidlit books (from picture books to YA) with colors in their titles that I think may be worth a read.
1. The Green Children of Woolpit by J. Anderson Coats. This is a fantasy children’s book based on a classic British legend. I don’t usually read fantasy, but this one sounds particularly interesting.
2. Blue Daisy by Helen Frost. This is a children’s book about two children who find a dog in their neighborhood and grow to love it, but will the dog love them back?
3. Blue Skies by Anne Bustard. This sounds like such a fascinating middle grade novel. I don’t normally read books not set in the current time, but this one sounds great.
4. My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga. This was one of the books I already had in mind. I really want to read this YA novel. Too bad I am already reading several books now.
5. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. This one is also already on my TBR. In fact, I started listening to it as an audiobook on Scribd some months ago, but then stopped because I didn’t like the narrator’s voice.
6. Yellow Flag by Robert Lipsyte. I am absolutely clueless about racing, but this book sounds interesting.
7. The Doll With the Yellow Star by Yona Zeldis Mcdonough and Kimberly Bulcken Root. Another story centered around World War II, but it definitely sounds intriguing to me.
8. Red, Yellow, Blue (and a Dash of White, Too!) by Charles George Esperanza. This sounds like such a funny yet educational book for young children. It’s all about mixing colors and what this can achieve. I’m sad that I won’t be able to see the illustrations.
9. Silver Spurs by Miralee Ferrell. As a former horseback rider, I still love stories about horse girls. This one sounds truly endearing.
10. Silverlicious by Victoria Kann. This sounds like such an endearing read for young children. When Pinkalicious loses her sweet tooth, she writes to the tooth fairy to get it back. I sense that she’ll learn a valuable lesson.
Now I realize that most of these, I may not actually read. Still, I hope some of my readers will find these interesting for their children or students.
What books with colors in their titles do you like?
I enjoyed Red Dragon, the inspiration for Silence of the Lambs.
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Oh, I’d never heard of that one but will check it out. Thanks for commenting.
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I didn’t realize there was a children’s book based on The Green Children of Woolpit. That legend fascinates me.
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I didn’t know either and I had never heard of the legend until today, as I’m not British. I had heard some about fairies taking human children to their kingdom though. Anyway I’ll probably read this book. Thanks for commenting.
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Other than ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, I haven’t read any of these. It makes sense that children’s books would have colorful titles, though. And some of these sound super fun.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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Yes, I think it definitely makes sense. I love books with evocative titles and colors usually do that. Thanks a lot for stopping by.
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That was a difficult challenge but you did it up right!
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Thanks! 🙂
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The Pinkalicious series is so cute!
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Thanks for letting me know. I did think it’s cute from the summary indeed.
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I think this is one of the most fun lists I’ve read this week. I haven’t read any except Anne (I did try My Heart and Other Black Holes, but gave up because it just didn’t seem like I was going to end up having a good time). But Blue Daisy and Blue Skies both look like solid reads and The Horses and Friends series looks really cute — reminds me a lot of the kind of horse series books I read in the 90s.
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I’m so glad these books sound good to you. Thanks for commenting (sorry, your comment landed in the spam queue).
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You wrote a great list!
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