The Rainbow Park

A multigenerational Black family enjoys a day at the park in this concept board book from two creators making children’s debuts. Alternately narrating siblings explore a playground, tying each experience to a color: the two enjoy a red slide and orange monkey bars, and parents and grandparents join in the fun, splashing in puddles made by a purple sprinkler and stretching out on green grass until a rainbow arcs over them. In quiltlike patterned images whose collage effect adds energy and interest to Green’s simple color-teaching story, Wiley depicts the children’s loving world, which includes family members spreading arms wide in enthusiasm and play. Publishing simultaneously in the Sunday Adventures Series: The Numbers Store. Ages up to 3. (May)