# Blue

**Author:** Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
**Grade range:** Grades K–4
**First published:** 2022
**Page count:** 0
**Genre:** Picture Book
**ISBN-13:** `9781984894373`
**ISBN-10:** `1984894374`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/blue-brew-hammond
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Discover a world of creativity and tradition in this fascinating picture book that explores the history and cultural significance of the color blue. From a critically acclaimed author and an award-winning illustrator comes a vivid, gorgeous book for readers of all ages. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • Kirkus Reviews 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 of blue that their bodies would release. And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slave

## Where this book is assigned

### Garden State Children's Book Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · New Jersey — [source: New Jersey Library Association — Garden State Children's Book Award selections (statewide children's-choice program; students vote, since 1977)](https://njla.org/garden-state-childrens-book-award)

### Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award

- **recommended** · Kindergarten grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 1st grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 2nd grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Georgia — [source: Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award 2025 Nominees (Grades K-4), University of Georgia Libraries](https://guides.libs.uga.edu/c.php?g=868748&p=10220605)

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