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Blue a history of the color as deep as the sea and as wide as the sky

This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brew-Hammond, Nana Ekua (Author)
Other Authors:	Minter, Daniel (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Blue > Juvenile nonfiction. Pigments > Juvenile nonfiction. Color > Juvenile nonfiction. Dyes and dyeing > Juvenile nonfiction. Creative nonfiction > Juvenile. Picture books.
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Summary:	This picture book follows one color's journey throughout history -- from ancient Afghan painters to 1905, when a chemical blue dye was created -- and around the world, as it becomes the blue we know today.
Physical Description:	32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781984894366 1984894366 9781984894373 1984894374
Author Notes:	Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond is the author of Powder Necklace, which Publishers Weekly called "a winning debut." She was a 2019 Edward Albee Foundation Fellow, a 2018 Pa Gya! Literary Festival Guest Author, a 2018 Ake Arts and Book Festival Guest Author, a 2018 Hobart Festival of Women Writers Guest Author, a 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar, a 2016 Hedgbrook Writer-in-Residence, a 2015 Rhode Island Writers Colony Writer-in-Residence, and in both 2015 and 2014, she was shortlisted for a Miles Morland Writing Scholarship. In April 2015, she was the opening speaker at TEDxAccra. Every month, Brew-Hammond co-leads a monthly writing fellowship at Manhattan's Center for Faith and Work. Daniel Minter is a fine artist and illustrator. His paintings, carvings, block prints and sculptures have been exhibited at galleries and museums both nationally and internationally. He has illustrated numerous books for children, and is the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Illustration Honor and Caldecott Honor. He lives in Portland, Maine with his family.