“In FALL…Brown, / fat and glossy, rises in honking flocks. / Brown rustles and whispers underfoot… Red splashes fall trees / seeps into every vein / of every five-fingered leaf… Yellow grows wheels / and lumbers / down the block, blinking: / Warning—classrooms ahead. ” Joyce Sidman uses rich and vivid imagery as she describes colors in terms of sights and sounds and activities of the seasons. The result is a lyrical picture book that is a delight to read or hear, and a natural launching point to inspire descriptive writing. Sidman’s observations are playfully acute, with associations that will surprise and delight readers and listeners as the juxtapose familiarity and inventiveness. “In Summer, / White clinks in drinks. Yellow melts / everything it touches… / smells like butter, / tastes like salt.” Pamela Zagarenski’s whimsical illustrations accompany Sidman’s words. (Ages 4–8)

With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman's poetry brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. In this Caldecott Honor book, illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretations go beyond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it.