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Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Everyone has probably seen the white mice or rabbits with pink eyes. Learn about these and other albino animals, the genetics that cause albinism, and the survival challenges albinos face. Have you ever seen an albino mouse or rabbit? What makes them albino? Albino animals carry a specific gene that makes their hair, their skin, and their eyes have no color. Albinos exist in virtually every species on earth-insects, birds, fish, and mammals-even humans....
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Colors don't come out of nothing. They always start somewhere . . . With something . . . With someone. Discover how color is harnessed from nature in this survey of dyes and pigments from around the world. Organized by color-from yellow to purple to red and more-Before Colors marries a lyrical core text with tons of informational material for curious readers. In the narrative text, readers will encounter markers and artists as they source and process...
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From prehistory to the present day, colors have shaped our world in more ways than you might expect. Discover how colors have started wars, created fortunes, and inspired artists and inventors. Have you ever wondered what colors actually are? The ones you see might look or feel different to other people! So come on a kaleidoscope tour across continents and through time, exploring the incredible stories and secrets of colors."--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
"For centuries, blue powders and dyes were some of the most sought-after materials in the world. Ancient Afghan painters ground mass quantities of sapphire rocks to use for their paints, while snails were harvested in Eurasia for the tiny amounts...
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