Basher: Go! Go! Bobo Colors

In Colors, watch the lovable (but accident-prone!) Bobo bounce through and create bright, bold scenes, painting familar objects their appropriate primary color, either red, blue, green, or orange. Further titles in the series include Numbers, Shapes, and Opposites.

Simon Basher is the creator/illustrator of the best-selling informational book series that include The Periodic Table,  Biology, and Astronomy. His illustration stye is described as a synergy of European graphic design and Japanese Manga character creation.

School Library JournalThese sturdy board books with rounded corners are solid choices. Kirkus Reviews(starred review) vivid [and] energetic . . . This near-wordless romp encourages tots to pick up some paints of their own. BooklistA great title to encourage toddlers’ interactive play, this board book introduces six basic colors, one on each double-page spread. . . . A riot. . . . Kids will want to move from the book to the real world and  name the colors all around them.  Tucsoncitizen.comThe thick pages and clever artwork are a user-friendly way to educate pre-school children about basic colors. Infodad.comThe Go! Go! Bobo board books are bright delights, filled with pictures of a bouncy baby zipping through the air amid a whole series of shapes or colors. Basher manages to make the simple books extra-attractive in several ways. . . . In Colors, extra gloss is added to the illustrations, which really “pop,” whether they are of rubber ducks and bananas (for “yellow”) or of piglets and cupcakes with icing (for “pink”).