Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky
by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Picture book · ages 4–8 · 650L (~3rd grade) · 2022
Why we'd hand it over
A picture-book essay that treats a single color as a window into human ingenuity, trade, and art across continents — rare intellectual ambition for the age, paired with lush illustration that justifies every page.