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It's a Great Big Colorful World
Written & Illustrated by Tom Schamp
Age Level: 0-5 Years
Published March 17, 2020

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You’re going to want to buy two of these: one to gift, and one to keep. Totally quirky and super fun, It’s a Great Big Colorful World takes readers on a journey through the rainbow, with two back-to-back spreads dedicated to each color. Every spread is packed with finely detailed illustrations that are silly and slightly eccentric. We love the explosively bold and bright colors that make the book so impactful and unique. The colors are achieved through a careful process where Belgian artist Tom Schamp uses acrylics to paint out each scene on cardboard and then scans them to create just the right effect.

“In London you’ll find lots of red things like guardhouses, phone booths, mailboxes, and buses.”

I appreciate that Schamp deliberately creates work to please adults as well as children. Some of his captions reveal jokes that only grownups will understand. But the smaller pairs of eyes won’t mind a few jokes going over their heads because there is so much to gaze at in the kaleidoscope of images on each page. If you have birthday parties or baby showers on the calendar, this book is a memorable gift that will make a lasting impression on readers of all ages.