Rosie's Walk

Have spent most of today reading through a book I got from the library called Words About Pictures: The narrative art of children's picture books by Perry Nodelman.


Found an interesting chapter about colour theory and how it's used to convey moods in the reader. In this chapter Nodelman mentions a children's book called Rosie's Walk illustrated by Pat Hutchins, how she hasn't included the colour blue at all throughout the entire book. This has been done on purpose to remove any glum or sad emotions that the colour blue might convey.


I also really love the way the book has been illustrated in general. I found an animated version of the story on youtube.... enjoy

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