From the bookshelf
Mix It Up! vs. Blue vs. Yellow
My pick for exploring colors
My choice
I’d buy Mix It Up! and borrow Blue vs. Yellow if my local library has a copy.
My review
Thumbs upA great, interactive book about mixing colors. My child follows the instructions, rubbing a dot or mixing things up. It’s an early introduction to how red and blue make purple. My child asks to read it again a lot.
Read at about 2–2½ years
My review
MehSome of the color examples feel a bit random to me. A blue crab has blue in it, but it doesn’t look obviously blue to me. For introducing colors, I prefer Mix It Up! I’d borrow it if my local library has a copy.
Read at about 2–2½ years
What worked for us
My child follows the instructions, rubbing a dot or mixing things up. It’s an early introduction to how red and blue make purple. My child asks to read it again a lot.
Why Blue vs. Yellow wasn’t my first choice
The book shows drawings of different things as examples of colors. Some choices feel less clear to me. A blue crab, for example, has blue in it, but it doesn’t look obviously blue to me.
Which would I choose?
For introducing colors, I’d buy Mix It Up! The instructions give my child something to join in with while we read, and it gets requested a lot. I’d borrow Blue vs. Yellow if my local library has a copy.
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Mix It Up!
Blue vs. Yellow
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