Synopses & Reviews
A colorful look at getting along! Matilda, the Queen of Colors, has a color for her every mood—she calls for Blue when shes calm, Red when shes wild, and Yellow when she wants to be warm. But when Matilda and Yellow begin to quarrel, not even Blue and Red can stop the argument. And before long everything in the kingdom turns Gray, until Matilda cries tears—bright colorful tears. Jutta Bauers simple yet evocative story and pictures convey a rainbow of emotions as The Queen of Colors plays and jousts with her primary subjects—Blue, Red, and Yellow.
Review
"Bauer does a remarkable job of imagining conflict and resolution with three crayons and a pen, concluding with pure joy as the queen dances with floods and showers of crayoned hues. Though the confines of the story are cozy, the range of emotion is epic."- Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
A colorful look at getting along
Matilda, the Queen of Colors, has a color for her every mood she calls for Blue when she s calm, Red when she s wild, and Yellow when she wants to be warm. But when
Matilda and Yellow begin to quarrel, not even Blue and Red can stop the argument. And before long everything in the kingdom turns Gray, until Matilda cries tears bright colorful
tears.
Jutta Bauer s simple yet evocative story and pictures convey a rainbow of emotions as The Queen of Colors plays and jousts with her primary subjects Blue, Red, and Yellow.
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About the Author
Jutta Bauer is a writer and illustrator of childrens books. She studied at the Technical College of Design in Hamburg, Germany. Jutta Bauer has illustrated over 40 picture books. She received the highly esteemed Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Illustration in 2010. She currently lives in Germany.