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My Indigo World: A True Story of the Color Blue
by Rosa Chang
Specs
* Ages: 4-8 years
* Grade Level: PS-3
* Length: 40 pages
* Publisher: mineditionsUS
* Pub. Date: May 2, 2023
* ISBN-10: 1662650555
* ISBN-13: 978-1662650659
* Language: English
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The Book
I love this book! I learned a lot as an adult and it has peaked my curiosity to find out even more. Blue is one of my favourite colours so how fun it will be to trace more of the history of the colour and its effect on community living across the world.
The author, a Korean American young girl, receives a handful of indigo plant seeds from a friend. She plants them the next morning in her garden and learns how to grow, harvest, and use the leaves to make dye for clothing and materials. She expounds on the fact that people around the world have been growing indigo plants for centuries.
Now the author cultivates these magical plants with her friends on a little farm in the middle of Baltimore. She carefully explains the growing process and how the colour blue is extracted from the leaves. It's truly fascinating. I had no idea.
The book is very comprehensive on the subject and would be a great book to add to a classroom and elementary school library. It will spark conversations and interesting knowledge regarding art, nature, entrepreneurship, business and history. This non-fiction, all-encompassing book will inspire kids to follow their dreams, stoke their imagines, be creative and experience dreams coming to fruition. The illustrations are beautiful and marry the text perfectly. I highly recommend "My Indigo World"!
Storywraps Rating - 5 HUGS!
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Meet the Author
Rosa Sung Ji Chang 장성지 is a Korean-born visual artist, natural indigo dyer, and storyteller based in New York and Baltimore. A graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art and the School of Visual Arts, New York, Rosa has had work exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Paula Cooper Gallery, among many others. This is her debut picture book.
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