What was your favorite childhood book?
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dividedbyblueThree weeks for Dreamwidth: What was your favorite childhood book?
My favorite book as a child was the Dutch book ‘Eefje Donkerblauw’ (Little Eve Darkblue). It is a wonderful story with beautiful illustrations, and it’s about fascination for colors, and love. The book in essence, explains how color mixing works in the most adorable way.
Eefje loves dark blue, and everything in her life is dark blue. Teapots, chairs, bed,… Everything. Then, at a moment on the beach, she meets Koning Goudgeel (King Goldenyellow), who adores yellow. She becomes enchanted by him, and as her fascination for him grows, she starts to incorporate yellow into her life. She paints yellow flowers on her blue teapots, mixes bits of yellow in her clothing. When she meets the king again, he has done the same thing to his world, but then with blue. They fall in love and ultimately start a family. All of their children love green.
It is a charming tale, and apart from the color information, it also beautifully explains that loving someone and adding someone to your life also means adding pieces of her/him/them to your life, so your life becomes fuller and deeper.
This book, sadly isn’t translated into English to my knowledge
My favorite book as a child was the Dutch book ‘Eefje Donkerblauw’ (Little Eve Darkblue). It is a wonderful story with beautiful illustrations, and it’s about fascination for colors, and love. The book in essence, explains how color mixing works in the most adorable way.
Eefje loves dark blue, and everything in her life is dark blue. Teapots, chairs, bed,… Everything. Then, at a moment on the beach, she meets Koning Goudgeel (King Goldenyellow), who adores yellow. She becomes enchanted by him, and as her fascination for him grows, she starts to incorporate yellow into her life. She paints yellow flowers on her blue teapots, mixes bits of yellow in her clothing. When she meets the king again, he has done the same thing to his world, but then with blue. They fall in love and ultimately start a family. All of their children love green.
It is a charming tale, and apart from the color information, it also beautifully explains that loving someone and adding someone to your life also means adding pieces of her/him/them to your life, so your life becomes fuller and deeper.
This book, sadly isn’t translated into English to my knowledge
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