cover image Baby Einstein Van Gogh's World of Color

Baby Einstein Van Gogh's World of Color

Baby Einstein. Hyperion Books for Children, $7.99 (12pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-0805-2

Colorful die-cut tabs on the side of Van Gogh's World of Color correlate to actual artwork from the painter and invite youngsters to study color concepts. Critical questions and quotes appear on each spread. ""Orange,"" for example, shows the painting Fourteen Sunflowers in a Vase and asks ""Why do you think these flowers are called sunflowers?"" The tabbed pages of Poems for Little Ones link familiar objects with the works of famous poets. ""Grass"" places an excerpt from Tennessee Williams's ""Heavenly Grass"" alongside a photograph of sunlight warming thick blades. Below, text questions ""How do you think this grass would feel under your bare feet?"" and implores readers to ""think of words that rhyme with `grass.' "" (Oct.