Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book

Pamela Duncan Edwards. Hyperion Books, $14.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-7868-0470-2

The stars of Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Sloppy Counting Book learn a few things about the properties of primary colors in Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illus. by Henry Cole. Stuck inside on a rainy day, they start out with their cans of red, blue and yellow paint and various spills and messes show them that blue and yellow make green, etc., until they create an indoor rainbow. ( July)

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