Blue : a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky
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Author
Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua,
Contributors
Minter, Daniel, illustrator.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
On Shelf
Oliver La Farge - Children's Picture Books
535.6 Bre
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
LG
Level 5.6, 1 Points
Lexile code
AD
Lexile measure
1060

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
Target Audience
AD1060L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,5.6,0.5,520790.

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LC Subjects
Blue -- Juvenile literature.
Color -- Juvenile literature.
Creative nonfiction.
Dyes and dyeing -- Juvenile literature.
Informational works.
Picture books.
Pigments -- Juvenile literature.
Other Subjects
Blue.
Color.
Dyes and dyeing.
Picture books.
Pigments.