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    A Colorful Beginning, by Raven Howell | Book Spotlight

    Bianca SchulzeBy 2 Mins Read General

    Book spotlight of A Colorful Beginning, presented by Raven Howell
    The Children’s Book Review

    A Colorful Beginning: Book Cover

    Young students come to recognize that just as colors are distinct and beautiful in their own way, they are safe to embrace their own uniqueness, too.

    A brilliant, colorful, and fun book that engages young minds in learning about colors, animals and all the feelings that come along with the first day of school!

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    About the Book

    A Colorful Beginning: Book Cover

    A Colorful Beginning

    Written by Raven Howell

    Illustrated by Carina Povarchik

    Ages 2+ | 32 Pages

    Publisher: Black Rose Writing | ISBN-13: 9781685130886

    Publisher’s Book Summary: Children will relate to first-day-of-school jitters as animal students prepare and set off for Mr. Mole’s colorful classroom. Anxiety builds as everyone settles into school to meet one another and tackle their first lesson-learning colors!

    Young students come to recognize that just as colors are distinct and beautiful in their own way, they are safe to embrace their own uniqueness, too. The day is spent sharing and blending paints while forging happy friendships.

    Gently tapping into themes of fitting in, self-esteem, and anxiety while teaching color concepts, the story helps conquer the insecurities felt when children begin something new and unknown.

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    About the Author

    Raven Howell is an award-winning children’s picture book author. She works as an editor, columnist, poet, and publishing advisor. Raven’s poems are featured in magazines including Ladybug, Highlights for Children, Humpty Dumpty, Fun for Kidz, The School Magazine, and Spider. She writes storybooks for ReadingGate.

    Raven’s website is found at www.ravenhowell.com.

    Raven Howell holding a teddy bear

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    Bianca Schulze is the founder of The Children’s Book Review. She is a reader, reviewer, mother and children’s book lover. She also has a decade’s worth of experience working with children in the great outdoors. Combined with her love of books and experience as a children’s specialist bookseller, the goal is to share her passion for children’s literature to grow readers. Born and raised in Sydney, Australia, she now lives with her husband and three children near Boulder, Colorado.

    196 Comments

    6. Lisa Williams on

      This sounds like a book for my niece and nephew,they would love learning about colors and especially the animals,they will be able to relate to the first day of school anxiety too.

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    9. S. Daisy on

      Thank you for the contest. It would be such a blessing to me to win this contest. I’m a book reviewer, and I would love to review this book if/when I read it. It would then go into my hope chest for my own kids someday. The gift card would be so wonderful, because work has been slow until recently and I could really use it…

      Thank you!

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    10. heather on

      I want to win this one for the kids this book looks so adorable and one we would love to have. Thanks for the chance.

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    11. gloria patterson on

      this is the perfect book for zay I have been teaching her mixing color, touching colors etc since she was 3 yrs old. Her favorite thing to do is go in my craft area and figure out what she wants to paint and what colors

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    14. gloria patterson on

      Zay lights up when different colors mix and give her the color she wanted. Over the years we have done red & yellow make what Zay would enjoy

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    20. Sunnymay on

      My youngest grandchild would enjoy this colorful book. She’ll have her first day of school in 2 years and I find it helps to have books to show what it will be like. Her older brother is 5 and started kindergarten in 2022. Preschool is like a preview and helps with socialization.

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    36. Debbie Dubois on

      Looks like a wonderful story for my Arianna to read to her siblings its so sweet the way they just love when she reads to them what a amazing big sister so kind and loving she says she going to be a teacher when she grows up 🙂

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    46. Lisa P. on

      I’d like to win this book because it sounds like a great book for kids about back to school anxieties. Also, the cover looks really cute and engaging. This would be wonderful for the younger kids in the family.

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