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This picture book may be enjoyed by readers of any age. Using the theme of colours, the language takes readers on a thoughtful journey through each season of the year: “In springeven the rain tastes green.” Startling and beautiful, this book is rich in poetic combinations of this sort. An autumn acorn is “Brown… a tiny round house,dolloped with roof.” While in winter, “Gray and Brown sway shyly,the only beauties left.” Readers will appreciate how colours return every season in new personas. Exquisite illustrations support the verses. Through dense colour, detailed textures and surreal imagery, they invent a world perfectly suited to the quiet demands of the language. An androgynous figure (in ever-changing crown and gown) travels through the seasons with a canine companion. In spring’s Blue, they fly kites through wispy clouds in a sunny sky, while running across green-gold patterned ground. A luminescent window screen illustrates summer’s Gray. Pressing against it is the “belly pale and soft” of a frog on the hunt, while white moths flutter to the light. Delicate and deep, powerful but gentle, this book offers a wonderful experience for readers with a broad range of skills and sophistication.