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“Truly engaging . . . lyrical and vibrant.”

– Booklist, Starred Review

“David’s use of figurative language is downright delicious, while Doctor deftly uses different hues of the same color within a single page, with dynamic results . . . A delectable journey through the imagination—and the palate.”

– Kirkus Reviews

How Do You Eat Color?

Written by Mabi David and Karen Llagas (Translator)
Illustrated by Yas Doctor
Published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

A day’s journey through a rainbow of fruits and vegetables.

Do you know how red tastes? What about blue, orange, purple, or even white? As a boy, a girl, and their chameleon go through their day, they meet a bounty of colorful fruits and vegetables. They wake up with bright tomatoes and hibiscus, taste sunshine in yellow pineapples and mangoes, yawn with purple yams, and drift off to sleep as the colors darken to black.

Translated from Filipino, this imaginative book features produce harvested from the Philippines and around the world. Whether children love carrots, moringa, dragon fruit, eggplants, or red beans, How Do You Eat Color? offers them dozens of different—and delicious—opportunities to eat something new. Engaging back matter after the story will help readers explore healthy eating and learn ways to incorporate plants into their meals.

Primary ISBN: 9780802856388
Publication Date: March 2025
Available As: Hardcover
Picture Book, Age 04 or older

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Setting: Philippines

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Home Country

Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience

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