Following beginning concept books such as Alphabet Adventure 2001) and Ten Little Fish (2004), this fourth title from the mother-son team introduces basic colors with the neon-bright hues of the tropics. Bruce Wood's dimensional, computer-generated artwork shows a tiny desert island--a rock, really--in the middle of a deep blue sea. The simple, cumulative text adds a new object, and a new color, with each spread: a green tree, a brown nut, a purple parrot, and an orange butterfly all appear, before a white cloud turns gray, a storm drenches the rock, and a rainbow forms. This isn't a necessary purchase, but the uncluttered spreads, brilliant colors, and tropical setting, populated with a few winsome creatures, will draw toddlers who are beginning to tackle the basics. Gillian Engberg Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved