In this wordless board book, Jocelyn uses her collage skills to great effect to show young readers different perspectives. The "story" begins with a crouching child, with straight black hair and brown skin, a grainy blue patch of fabric coming off their jeans. Each following page shows the "patch of blue" in a different picture; as the bowl of a shovel, the car of a Ferris wheel, a window, a sign showing a person in a wheelchair, an aquarium, a house in a neighborhood with flowers, the tag on a dog's collar, and more. The final picture shows what appears to be a younger child sleeping under a quilt made of squares, including the patch of blue.

This book is just right for helping toddlers recognize shapes and colors and follow a single item through different transformations. The pictures are simple enough that young children can identify them without too much trouble, but complex enough to challenge them. Adults can make up simple stories, or just dialogue to go with each page. "Can you find the blue square? What did it turn into? Can you find a green square?" etc.

Verdict: I'm sometimes reluctant to buy Orca board books because they're almost twice the average cost of most board books - about $10 - but I think this one is worth the price. Recommended.

ISBN: 9781459820739; Published 2019 by Orca; Borrowed from another library in my consortium

This is a beautiful wordless book for toddlers. My two year old granddaughter and I shared this one and she liked it. We had to find the blue patch on each page, then talk about what it was. Of course, I did most of the talking. The illustrations are great, they show texture which helped her to identify certain things such as sand. I loved the picture depicting the houses and the flowers, we spent a long time on that page. The publisher, Orca Book Publishers, generously provided me with this book to read. The rating, ideas and opinions are my own. ( )

Like One Yellow Ribbon , this book is nothing but a collection of pictures of what you could do with a blue patch of denim. It could be a window, an aquarium, or even a blanket patch. This book could really use some words. The pictures are nice, but that’s all it is, a collection of pictures, instead of a story. ( )