Los Colores de la Ciudad: de los Taxis A los Rascacielos: Qué significan/ What do they mean? (Los colores cuentan una historia/ The Colors Tell a Story)

A yellow car whizzes by tall buildings. It drops off one person and picks up another. Its color lets us know that its a taxi. Then a traffic light flashes red. Drivers know that red means stop. Early readers will be taken on a colorful journey through the city in this simple yet captivating text about different colors and what they mean. Each 24-page book features controlled text with age-appropriate vocabulary and simple sentence construction. Stunning photos closely align with descriptive text that will grab kids attention. While practicing their reading skills, emergent readers wont be able to stop turning the pages as they learn about colors.

Joyce Markovics writes and edits nonfiction books on topics ranging from Tasmanian devils to blizzards for the school and library market. She has published more than 20 books for young readers. Her book The Bat's Cave: A Dark City won the Teachers' Choice Award for Children's Books and the Children's Choices Selection in 2011. Joyce lives in Riverdale, New York with her husband, Adam.