Color Me Happy, Color Me Sad

Agnes Green's verse-based picture book assigns a color to each core emotion — yellow for happiness, blue for sadness, red for anger — and pairs each with simple rhymes and vivid illustrations by Ukrainian artist Natalia Vetrova. For parents and caregivers helping toddlers and preschoolers name what they're feeling, the color framework is clear and memorable, and the read-aloud rhythm makes it easy to revisit. The illustrations give the book a distinctive visual identity. The honest caveats: this is a small-press title with minimal critical vetting from children's literature journals, the color-to-emotion associations reflect Western cultural conventions rather than universal ones, and emotional coverage at the upper end of the stated age range (closer to seven) may feel thin. For its core audience of threes and fours, it does the job warmly.