Maya, who lives in the dusty desert, opens her eyes wide to find the colors in her world, from Papi's black hair and Mami's orange and purple flowers to Maya's red swing set and the fiery pink sunset.
This book introduces colors found in nature through photographs of, and simple text about, such diverse animals as a pink flamingo, a purple sea star, a yellow caterpillar, and a brown impala.
When Yellow Hippo accidently runs into a painter's ladder while hurrying home to avoid the rain, she sees all the yellow objects on her trolley change color.