Review: Blue by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond

Quick Info:

**Book type:** Picture Book—Non Fiction
**Target Age:** 4-8 years old
**Recommended Age:** None
**Plot:** A poetic telling of the history of the color blue

Review:

It started off very normal and informative, the poetry was nice and was very interesting to hear the history how humanity got their hands on the color blue. However, it takes a strangely spiritual turn around the end where it talked about how historically the color blue is considered “holy” or connecting to God. There’s also a couple of mentions of mythology. The biggest grievance was the erasure of Palestine as the author mentions Israel 3 times in this book.

Opinion:

I wouldn’t recommend this book mainly due to the erasure of Palestine.

Content:

Mentions of slavery in the sense of the more evil side of the indigo industry
Mentions of people’s belief of protection with use of blue stones (in an informative way)
Mentions warding off evil spirits in a cultural way through use of blue dye (in an informative way)
A bit of a spiritual/mystical vibe to the whole book while still remaining informative.
Mention of urine
Erasure of Palestine