Review of Black & White in Color

by Martha V. Parravano
Sep 26, 2024 | Filed in Book Reviews

Black & White in ColorBlack & White in Color
by Tana Hoban; illus. by the author
Preschool    Greenwillow    16 pp.
5/24    9780063384743    $10.99

This hybrid accordion board book gives babies the best of both worlds. To many of the iconic images from Hoban’s classic board books Black on White and White on Black (both published in 1993) have now been added color photos of adorable children wearing or holding one of the objects shown in the black-and-white images. A baby drinks from a bottle (on a page abutting the original silhouette of a bottle), a young child holds a flower, another baby wears a bib, etc. Sure to keep the very youngest book-users enthralled during “tummy time.”

From the July/August 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Martha V. Parravano

Martha V. Parravano is a contributing editor to The Horn Book, Inc., and co-author of the Calling Caldecott blog.

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